Almost as soon as Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, people began thinking of ways to transport passengers at supersonic speeds. However, the challenges in creating a passenger aircraft that could travel at supersonic speeds were much greater than making a fighter aircraft that could do the same. In 1976, a British/French consortium launched the i ... Show More
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The Traitorous Eight and The Birth of Silicon Valley
In 1957, eight young engineers walked away from one of the most important laboratories in America and, in doing so, helped create the modern technology industry. Their break with a Nobel Prize-winning inventor physicist set off a chain reaction of innovation, investment, and entr ... Show More
14m 31s
May 10
Rainbows And How They Work
Few things in nature are as instantly recognizable as a rainbow. For thousands of years, rainbows have inspired myths, religion, art, and science. Yet behind those bands of color is an extraordinary interaction between sunlight, water, geometry, and the physics of light itself. F ... Show More
14m 15s
May 9
Project Mercury: America's First Steps Into Space
In the late 1950s, the United States found itself trailing in the Space Race as the Soviet Union achieved one milestone after another. In response, NASA launched Project Mercury, an ambitious effort to put an American into space using little more than experimental rockets, crampe ... Show More
15m 26s
May 2022
Boeing vs Airbus | Pegue Suas Asas | 1
Década de 50, começo da era dos jatos. Quem lidera esta nova era de voos mais rápidos e menos instáveis é o De Havilland Comet, avião de fabricação britânica. Mas quando um desastre acontece, uma fabricante americana de aviões militares chamada Boeing vê a oportunidade perfeita p ... Show More
23m 53s
Oct 2020
How can a sonic boom disrupt the French Open?
Last week, a French fighter jet broke the sound barrier above Paris, causing a sonic boom that wreaked havoc across the city while the French Open was in play. This week, the World of Aviation's resident fighter pilot, Christian "Boo" Boucousis, tells host Adam Thorn exactly how ... Show More
30m 14s
Jan 2020
Boeing vs Airbus - Get Your Wings | 1
<p>It’s the 1950s, the dawn of the jet age. And leading the world into this era of faster, less shaky flights is the British-made De Havilland Comet.</p><p>But when disaster strikes, a hungry American military plane maker called Boeing spots a golden opportunity to break into the ... Show More
23m 42s