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The Secret of Flight•Season 1•Episode 9

Different Aircraft Systems

Feb 26, 195929 min

The first airplane to fly was what would be called today a Canard Type airplane; it had a horizontal stabilizer in front of the main wing. Today’s Conventional Type plane has the stabilizing surfaces are of the same size. Dr. Lippisch explains all three models.

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Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes13

Preview

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

Self

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Episode Summary

"Different Aircraft Systems" is episode 9 of The Secret of Flight season 1. It aired on February 26, 1959.

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