Theory of Flight

Theory of Flight Erpi Classroom Films Small Lockheed Electra passenger plane taxiing & taking off - ‘The Buccaneer Route’ painted on side. 15:20:11 Animated diagram explains “well-established physical laws” allowing planes to fly. 15:20:44 CU locomotive wheels as train pulls away; model railway. 15:21:18 Man starts light plane propeller - hat blown off as he gets in - side shot of plane showing backward force & thrust - plane takes off towards camera. Wind tunnel experiment w/ model plane. Animated diagram of wind tunnel. Smoke injected into air stream angled to illustrate lift & drag. 15:24:21 Graph showing lift/drag w/ ‘Angle of Attack’. 15:24:51 INT light plane cockpit - CUs pilot’s hand on steering wheel, wing flaps moving, rudder - air to air shots. More diagrams showing drag, thrust etc. 15:26:39 Aerial shots of plane rolling, pitching, yawing ?. Shows how to turn plane by moving aerlerons wing flaps. Ends abruptly. Commercial Aviation; Physics; Science; 1941; Training; Science;