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- Season 3 Whirling Wings - Evolution of the Rotorhead
- Season 3 Water Birds - Floatplanes and Flying Boats
- Season 3 Jump to the Sky - Jet VTOL
- Season 3 Tail First Flying - the Canard
- Season 3 First Around The World
- Season 3 Flying Blind
- Season 3 Flying Wings
- Season 3 Flight Control - Wing Warping to Fly-by-Wire
- Season 3 Flash Of Glory - Aerial Combat Enters The Jet Age
- Season 3 Flying the Mail
- Season 3 Backyard Fliers - An Airplane In Every Garage
- Season 3 First In Speed: Air Racing
- Season 3 Propellers - Wings With A Twist
First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Season 3 Episode 13 Propellers - Wings With A Twist
0.00 48 minutes The Wright brothers realized that a propeller was a rotating wing – giving it a twist made it practical. By the mid 1930s, variable pitch and NACA research revolutionized propeller design. With the coming of the jet age, propellers fell out of favor for large aircraft. But designers soon realized that a fast turboprop with an advanced propeller could be more efficient than the best jetliners.
