The Science of Flight Episode 13, Long-Distance Flight and Predicting Range Episode 13, Long-Distance Flight and Predicting Range.
Streaming video - 2017
Planes take off with only the fuel required for the planned trip - plus a safety margin. Since there are no filling stations in the sky, the calculations must be precise, taking account of the plane's performance characteristics, the weather, and other factors. Learn the equations that pilots use and hear a riveting story about what happens when they get it wrong.
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
The Great Courses
2017.
2023. - Language
- English
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- A Kanopy streaming video
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- 1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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- AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).