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Airplanes: how they fly

United States, 1959
film

Two children learn from a model airplane enthusiast how an airplane’s wings keep it in the air and how the propeller makes it move forward. The children..

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Airplanes and how they fly. - Rev. ed.

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Jet propulsion

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Plane mates

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Visit to an airport

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Learning to fly

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The Power to fly: the history and development of the flying machine

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The Team

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Flying: a dream come true

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