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Cloaking Device (03:11)

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Red Bull's Aerobatic Helicopter (01:33)

Electromagnetic Catapult Test (01:47)

Wing Flutter on a 747 (00:06)

Under the Eiffel Tower (00:10)

Hercules On Deck (00:15)

Beriev Albatross (00:26)

Bleriot XI Simulation (01:36)

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The First Day of Airmail, 1918 (03:08)

Keep ’em Flying (06:31)

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Flying the Air Mail ca. 1923 (14:01)

Test Flying the XF-90 (03:35)

Operation Tumbler-Snapper (05:15)

WW I Pilot Training (09:55)

Wright B Over Manhattan, 1912 (09:08)

Teddy Roosevelt Goes Flying (03:36)

Souped-Up Seahawk (02:34)

Marines Test the Joint Strike Fighter (01:31)

On the Prowl (05:12)

Dodging Missiles (07:41)

F-105 Walkaround (05:30)

The Bell X-1 (08:40)

Refueling Over Iraq (03:20)

Osprey in Flight (04:26)

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An Osprey Folds its Wings (00:11)

Ares I-X Launch (03:37)

“A Very Unusual Machine” (03:37)

Chasing Dust Devils (00:25)

Space Station Fly-Around (03:18)

Lunar Run (10:53)

The Human Price (02:33)

A Space Suit Ahead of Its Time (04:20)

Armstrong’s Close Call (01:32)

The First Lunar Landing (03:00)

Mercury Astronauts Meet the Press, 1959 (01:59)

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A Rocket You Can Count On (01:55)

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