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Flight

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Flight.

Video playlists about Flight

Planes, trains, automobiles — and jet suits?

Innovators in transportation show that getting from point A to point B doesn't have to be boring.

To boldly go ...

Ski to the North Pole. Row across the Pacific. Swim on Mt. Everest(!). These adventurers have pushed themselves to the limits of human endurance, and in these talks they share what they've learned about themselves and the planet.

Talks about Flight

How do airplanes actually fly?

Richard Browning

How do jetpacks work? And why don't we all have them?

The future of flying is electrifying

Why are airplanes slower than they used to be?

Kristiina J. Hurme and Alejandro Rico-Guevara

The surprising secrets of hummingbird flight

Turbulence: One of the great unsolved mysteries of physics

Christian Bailey

The joys of amateur aviation

Elizabeth Streb

My quest to defy gravity and fly

How autonomous flying taxis could change the way you travel

Dustin Schroeder

How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet

George Steinmetz

Photos of Africa, taken from a flying lawn chair

Lessons from a former Air Force pilot on counterintuitive thinking

Richard Browning

How I built a jet suit

The future we're building -- and boring

What time is it on Mars?

Why do airlines sell too many tickets?

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