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The Hangar Rat
All about aviation. This includes the history, including the principles of flight, developments and collaborations.
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Episodes
9 episodes
The Historical Circular Route
An historical circular route - about 4 miles long that takes in British and American history, from the to teh 20th Century. From the founding of a US Stae to the Second World War. All in the vicinity of Horsham, West SussexIts a break fr...
Bonus Episode - The Helicopter
The potted history of the most versatile aircraft ever invented. The HelicopterShort run or landing, Gyro copters need a run up and short landing. The helicopter was capable of vertical take off and landing from unprapared stips and fiel...
Evolution is not just in Nature
How aviation has evolved over teh years and in some areas amazingly quickly, such as engine develpment, range and carrying cappacity.
Speed and Comfort
The development in aircraft speed and comfort, that mainly came down to the role the aircraft was designed and built for.People thought you would die over 20mph in the early trains an the 1800s. Then the speeds increased and no one died ...
Wings At War
War didn’t just adopt the airplane; it rewired it. We chart the headlong sprint from tethered balloons and weekend flyers to fighters, bombers, and carriers that could tip a battle from miles away. Starting with early reconnaissance in Libya an...
Grace in the Air
The grace of woman gave to aviation in the early days and the pioneering spirit they bought to it when they were restricted on what they could doThere is also the luxury of airship travel around the world. Like cruise ships in the air&nb...
And so it has begun
After the various creations and attempts, more serious creations and developments occurred in the early 1900s leading to a more continuous effort to bring aviation into the public consciousness.Many first (obviously for a new form of tra...
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