Flight

Season 13 (12-13-2011)

Full Show: How do planes stay up in the air? People have to overcome four physical forces to fly, and so do birds and bugs and anything else that wants to soar. Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guests, Frank Lester, education coordinator for the aeronautics division of the Idaho Transportation Department, and pilot Lori MacNichol, explain the mechanics of flight for both creatures and machines.

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Lo-bandwidth (Play here) Lo-bandwidth (Download)
Ultra Hi-bandwidth (Click to play; right-click to download)
Audio-only MP3 (Click to play; right-click to download)

Video Short: How does an airplane fly? Learn more about the development of the science of flight and watch William learn how to fly a plane.

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Lo-bandwidth (Play here) Lo-bandwidth (Download)
Ultra Hi-bandwidth (Click to play; right-click to download)
Audio-only MP3 (Click to play; right-click to download)

Web Extra: Guest pilots and educators Frank Lester and Lori MacNichol stay after to answer more questions about flight.

Hi-bandwidth (Play here) Hi-bandwidth (Download)
Lo-bandwidth (Play here) Lo-bandwidth (Download)
Ultra Hi-bandwidth (Click to play; right-click to download)
Audio-only MP3 (Click to play; right-click to download)

Season 9 (9-18-2007)

Full Show: We humans have always wanted to fly, but to actually get into the air we need science. How does a plane stay in the air? Why is the shape of the wing important? Our guest experts are Frank Lester, education coordinator for the Aeronautics division of the Idaho Transportation Department, and Lori MacNichol, pilot.

Hi-bandwidth (Play here) Hi-bandwidth (Download)
Lo-bandwidth (Play here) Lo-bandwidth (Download)
Ultra Hi-bandwidth (Click to play; right-click to download)
Video iPod format (Click to play; right-click to download)
Audio-only MP3 (Click to play; right-click to download)

Video Short: Humans have long looked to birds to learn how to fly.

Hi-bandwidth (Play here) Hi-bandwidth (Download)
Lo-bandwidth (Play here) Lo-bandwidth (Download)
Ultra Hi-bandwidth (Click to play; right-click to download)

Web Extra: Frank Lester and Lori MacNichol stay after to answer more questions about Flight.

Hi-bandwidth (Play here) Hi-bandwidth (Download)
Lo-bandwidth (Play here) Lo-bandwidth (Download)
Ultra Hi-bandwidth (Click to play; right-click to download)

Season 4 (12-17-2002)

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