Racing cars are ready for a plane trip, but one car's brakes are broken. Helper Cars take it to the repair shop to fix the brakes so the journey can begin.

A plane carrying construction vehicles is struck by lightning. Helper Cars rush to help put out the fire and guide the plane safely back to the airport.

There are lots of clouds in the sky. What's happening? There's air traffic at the airport. Leo goes to the airport to build a control tower. Lea's going to be the dispatcher: she's going to carefully manage the aeroplanes' landings and...

Meet Ramona Beyuka, a veteran McCall smokejumper, as she describes the thrilling and demanding world of fighting forest fires by parachuting directly into the action.

Discover John Collins' journey as the Paper Airplane Guy, how he set the world record with his design "Susanne", and the science behind paper airplane folding.

Scientists at the UK's National Physical Laboratory have developed a super accurate clock that measures time by monitoring the movement of a single ionized strontium atom. This clock is more accurate than the cesium based atomic clocks...

Simka and Nolik try to repair a broken flashlight Tom Thomas needs to send messages to Katya, his friend who lives in an apartment building across the street.

In this video, we meet Felix Arcadia, a 24-year-old orphan with a passion for aviation. Despite facing numerous obstacles, including the loss of his mother, Felix is determined to build his own microlight aircraft. With limited resources...

An Introduction to Solid State A solid is a form of matter with rigidity, a definite shape, and a definite volume. It differs from gases and liquids, which have fluidity determined by the relative free motion of their molecules. Solids...

Join Agathe, Jules, and the team as they embark on an experiment to see how far a helium balloon can travel. Equipped with a GPS and camera, they track the balloon's path, uncovering fascinating insights about its flight and the...

Ever wonder how to make a paper airplane? Ever wonder how they fly? Well Dr. Boyd answers those questions, and then gives you a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a sleek, fast paper airplane! 0:00 – Introduction 0:28 – Explanation of...

The understanding is if the plane’s going down, you should be able to jump out with your parachute and float to safety. We DEBUNK the myths & misconceptions, explain the problems and show you what would really happen.

Although in its worst form, turbulence may scare passengers to the point where they start praying, it’s very, very rare for turbulence to be powerful enough to actually bring a plane down. Based on severity, airplane turbulence is often...

The main reason commercial aircraft have not gotten any faster in recent decades is due to fuel efficiency. Airplanes consume more energy the faster they fly, so airplane manufacturers favor slower speeds to save on operating costs....

You may have noticed in movies and tv shows that when a bomb falls through the sky, it makes a whistling sound. This has to do with the fighter planes and bomber planes of world war 2. During the second world war, German air force...

Though the world's first model aircraft, a Spitfire, was built in a scale of 1:75, the resulting model would fit into the full-size equivalent more than 370,000 times over. Discover how scale is calculated in three dimensions. Maths -...

Changes in acceleration pose an extreme risk for fighter pilots. Find out how they train to avoid blacking-out during flights. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Fighter pilots undergo training to allow them to cope with G-force....

How air traffic controllers use position vectors to ensure that aeroplanes can fly safely in crowded skies. Maths - Algebra A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by the curriculum. Twig’s math films show abstract...

Aeroplanes use the same forces and physical principles as birds to fly. Discover how man has copied nature to achieve flight. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Flight occurs when the upward force (lift) is greater than the downward....

There are only six basic types of machine. Discover more about planes, wedges and screws: what are they and why are they useful? Physics - Forces - Learning Points. Machines based on the ideas of Archimedes make work easier. An inclined...

Since their invention over 100 years ago, aeroplanes have become a lot faster.
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The invention of the aeroplane...

Learn about Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the German World War I fighter ace, who became known as the Red Baron for his aerial combat prowess.

Learn about the history of the first astronaut on the moon, Neil Armstrong.

Learn about the Navajo Code Talkers, who served valiantly during World War II.