Aerodynamics - Air Flow

Duration: 18 min

Year Published: 1941

Creator: Army Air Forces / Castle Films

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Shows, through the use of smoke, the flow of air around airfoils. Skin friction, streamlining and the trend in design toward high speed airfoils, the use of wing flaps and their design, and the effect of ice on leading edges are shown.

Complete Record: Explains turbulence and skin friction through the visualization of smoke flowing over solids of different shapes and forms. Uses smoke streams to define angle of attack, point of stall, drag and lift.

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2NBlePqfGw

Metadata Source:Index of Training Films 1946

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AV Geeks Archive, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive

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Record added: 2026-07-09 22:54:29