AIRPLANES: PRINCIPLES OF FLIGHT

Duration: 11 min

Year Published: 1960

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Shows that the principles which govern movement of a fixed wing through air also apply to the rotary wing of helicopters and aircraft propellers. Four forces which control flight — lift, thrust, gravity and drag — are explained in terms of their relationship to the control of all aircraft that fly through the earth's atmosphere.

Complete Record: Source: Coronet Interest level: el-jh Guide: Guide Price: $60, color $110 Format: sd b&w Catalog numbers: LC card Fi A 60-426

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)