17 min listen
Bathtubs, Potatoes, Shoes and Flatirons
FromPlane Tales
ratings:
Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jan 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There are some sleek and elegant aircraft out there and some pretty ugly ones too! Despite gaining nicknames such as the Flying Bathtub and the Flying Potato, many of these amazing flying machines did a great job in furthering our understanding of spaceflight. This is the story of the Lifting Body aircraft.
Images shown under creative commons licence with thanks to NASA and Bernhard Gröhl.
Images shown under creative commons licence with thanks to NASA and Bernhard Gröhl.
Released:
Jan 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Operation Yonatan: A hijacking of an Air France A300 ends up in Uganda which is ruled by the despot Idi Amin. The Israeli Commandos mount a rescue that stuns the world. - - - - Images under Creative Commons licence by SRA Andy Dunaway - DefenseImagery. by Plane Tales