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  2. The Way Things Work (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    The programme aims to teach basic principles of science to young viewers and revolves around the residents of the backward Mammoth Island as they struggle through daily life with the use of outlandish contraptions. The series was later dubbed into French and briefly aired in syndication on TV network France 5.

  3. Spacecraft flight dynamics - Wikipedia

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    The principles of flight dynamics are used to model a vehicle's powered flight during launch from the Earth; a spacecraft's orbital flight; maneuvers to change orbit; translunar and interplanetary flight; launch from and landing on a celestial body, with or without an atmosphere; entry through the atmosphere of the Earth or other celestial body ...

  4. Flight - Wikipedia

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    Bird flight by a brown pelican Human-engineered flight: a Royal Jordanian Airlines Boeing 787. Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight).

  5. Air navigation - Wikipedia

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    The basic principles of air navigation are identical to general navigation, which includes the process of planning, recording, and controlling the movement of a craft from one place to another. [ 1 ] Successful air navigation involves piloting an aircraft from place to place without getting lost, not breaking the laws applying to aircraft, or ...

  6. Aerodynamics - Wikipedia

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    Forces of flight on a powered aircraft in unaccelerated level flight. Understanding the motion of air around an object (often called a flow field) enables the calculation of forces and moments acting on the object. In many aerodynamics problems, the forces of interest are the fundamental forces of flight: lift, drag, thrust, and weight. Of ...

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  8. Aerobatic maneuver - Wikipedia

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    The flight path during a barrel roll has the shape of a horizontal corkscrew and follows a helical path. Aileron roll ; 360° revolution about the longitudinal axis at maximum roll rate. It consists of a pitch-up followed by a roll which is uncontrolled in the pitch axis, resulting in an initial climb, and then descent to the original altitude.

  9. How to shop safely on Cyber Monday, throughout holiday season

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    Black Friday weekend and Cyber Monday offer great sales. But scammers are looking to steal your money with fake deals. Learn how to protect yourself.