Design for the Real World: Propeller
Jeremy Kinney of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum explains how the Wright brothers’ wooden propeller — designed using the world’s first wind tunnel — made the dream of defying gravity come true. Produced by Dennis Nishi.
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