Flying High

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Fascinated by flight? In this episode of the PBS Scientific American Frontiers series, host Alan Alda takes the viewer on a captivating journey through the world of aviation. From the evolution of flight in primitive insects to the latest in high-tech aircrafts, Flying High explores the flight secrets of birds, insects, and airplanes. This program features individual stories of avionic ingenuity and our natural world, such as: how birds fly; the test-flight of a solar-powered "eternal plane"; an evolutionary probe into how insects first took flight and how airline pilots cope with increasingly computerized navigation equipment. Lastly, it offers a rare view of a contest between aerial robots as they navigate, fly, and perform tasks...without guidance
Introduction: Flying High (0:46)
Sponsors: Flying High (0:37)
The Eternal Wing (1:49)
Newsreel of Flying Wing (0:52)
Flying Wing Design (0:57)
Inventor Paul McReady (1:18)
Perpetual Airplane (3:29)
Pathfinder Breaks Altitude Record (2:56)
Taking to the Air (2:50)
Taking to the Air: Stoneflies (3:17)
Taking to the Air: Darwin's Evolution (2:02)
Cockpit Confusion (3:04)
Cockpit Confusion: Mode Confusion Tragedy (4:07)
Cockpit Confusion: Understanding the Vertical Situation (4:13)
Bird Man: Magpie Flight (2:54)
Bird Man: How Birds Turn (2:41)
Bird Man: Technology & Flight (4:04)
RoboFlyers (5:37)
RoboFlyers: Stanford University's Entry (6:05)
RoboFlyers: What's Next? (1:16)
Credits & Sponsors: Flying High (1:16)

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