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Ages: 7 - 18
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If there are jetpacks in the future, the future is now. Jetman Yves Rossy flies over the Grand Canyon with his 2 meter wide, jet-propelled, wearable wing. Update: You’ll also find Rossy on the cover of this month’s National Geographic. In May 2011, ...Jetman achieved a beautiful and memorable flight in the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA... and here's the official souvenir video! Many thanks to all who were involved in that adventure!
This video would be enjoyed by all ages of students; not only does it have a man flying through the Grand Canyon on a jet pack, but it also has some great views of the Grand Canyon.
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December 26, 2011 at 03:22 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 11 - 18
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Leif Ristroph and colleagues at NYU are designing tiny paper aircraft and making them fly using a pot, a speaker and a bunch of straws. When the subwoofer plays a low-frequency tone, it pushes the air above it up and down, which is funneled through t...he pot and straws, creating a flow of pulsing air. The system simulates flapping flight by taking the flap out of the wing and putting it into the air. Ristroph explains what his aircraft are teaching him about stable flight. (4:49)
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December 26, 2011 at 11:07 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 7 - 18
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At the end of October 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an e-powered multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. The flight lasted one minute and 30 seconds, after which the constructor and test pilot stated:... “The flight characteristics are good natured. Without any steering input it would just hover there on the spot”. This could be the future of flight, piloting a device as simple as a car. (3:56)
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December 23, 2011 at 05:42 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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Consider how innovations in airplane design and routing can help significantly reduce CO2 emissions. Even if regional transportation becomes more efficient, people and goods will still need to travel the world. This episode looks at new technologies ...and policies that could offset the aviation industry’s substantial greenhouse gas emissions, such as Amyris Biotechnologies’ new synthetic jet fuels, and Hybrid Air Vehicles’ second generation of dirigible airship. To reduce fuel emissions, industry leaders like Boeing are also advocating towing planes on runways and implementing smarter air traffic control systems. (3mins)
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February 7, 2012 at 11:00 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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In 1935, the USS Macon went down in 1,000 feet of water off the coast of Monterey, California. Now, as scientists study the recently-discovered wreckage, dirigibles are returning to the Bay Area. (11mins)
February 18, 2012 at 11:43 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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This interactive activity from the NOVA Web site details what aeronautical engineers must consider when designing an aircraft to avoid both human and electronic detection. It acknowledges that in the engineering design process there are necessary per...formance tradeoffs to achieving stealth, but in many cases the ability to evade enemy radar detection and missile defense systems is more valuable than speed.
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April 24, 2012 at 12:29 AM
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Ages: 6 - 18
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This four minute biography of the Wright Brothers uses primary footage to travel their lives' and to provide students with background to their epic achievement as the first documented flight and other insights that add depth to what happened.
June 18, 2011 at 02:32 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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Learn about the history of air transportation in this one-minute video. The video shows images contrivances that attempted to fly.
June 21, 2011 at 08:04 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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his is a silent newsreel of Charles A. Lindbergh's transatlantic solo flight from New York to Paris. Lindbergh became an international hero of his day. (7min)
November 12, 2011 at 11:43 PM
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Not Right For WatchKnowLearn
Ages: 10 - 18
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Henry "Hap" Arnold was a 5-star General of the Air Force and aviation pioneer. (28min)
November 13, 2011 at 05:12 PM
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