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The Secret of Flight•Season 1•Episode 2

The Laws of Fluid Motion

Jan 8, 195929 min

Dr. Lippisch points out the main problems of flight: lift and drag, control and stability, and propulsion. He explains the correlation between flow velocity, the local pressure, and the distance between streamlines. A picture of a light plane in flight is projected into the wind

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The Laws of Fluid Motion

The History of Early Flight

The Discovery of Dynamic Lift

Stability and Control

Propulsion

The Problem of Drag

The Induced Drag

Different Aircraft Systems

Lift Theory and High Lift Devices

The Story of the Vortex

Flight of Nature

Modern Problems of Flight

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Alexander Lippisch

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Episode Summary

"The Laws of Fluid Motion" is episode 2 of The Secret of Flight season 1. It aired on January 8, 1959.

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