Airplanes & Flying

September 11, 2024  •  EPISODE 230

Discover the fascinating history of flight and the science behind how airplanes soar through the skies. Roger Billings also explores the concept of hydrogen-powered aircraft, revealing how future planes could be fueled by hydrogen, paving the way for cleaner and more sustainable air travel.

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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205 Comments

  1. Harleigh

    airplanes are fun!

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  2. Jade

    Air planes are so fun to learn about.

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  3. Julian

    That’s awesome

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  4. Mazzy

    I love the science behind airplanes its so cool!

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  5. David

    How planes are able to fly is interesting

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  6. Alisi

    My cousin loves airplanes, I’ll have to share this information

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  7. Ally

    Pilots have a very hard job but it would be cool to say you are one.

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  8. Jett

    R51 back at it again

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  9. Yusuf

    This was interesting 😁
    The idea about hydrogen airplanes was great.

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  10. Adam

    I love airplanes ✈️ thanks for the information

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  11. Eb

    is it a bird is it a plane!!! LoL

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  12. Samantha

    i love airplanes this is cool

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  13. Mark

    A jet is faster than a airplane, but a jet will be hard to land on a platform.

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  14. Coralynn

    I’m going to go Military but I dont think Id want to fly a chopper.

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  15. Ally

    I will NEVER fly no thank you

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  16. Cain

    A pilot has a hard job. I’m excited to fly again.

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  17. Edward

    I don’t think I’ll ever fly

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  18. Julia

    Its so amazing how people invented airplanes!!

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  19. Audrey

    you guys are a great duo

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  20. Sullivan

    I won’t ever fly

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  21. Yusuf

    what if planes flap their wings like birds

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  22. Aurora

    I only been in an airplane to Puerto Rico. But I hope, someday, I can go again.

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  23. Nylah

    Remember to never give up even if you fail the first time. Just like the Wright Brothers.

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  24. Isabella

    roger billings is great my dream is to go on vacation too meet him someday so he can teach me alot plus maybe if i asked him niicely i could be his assistant

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  25. Winter

    R.51!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I Love when R.51 comes on!

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  26. Jaden

    I believe I can fly!

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  27. Maximilian

    Spread your wings and fly away.

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  28. Maya

    wish I could attend a live!!

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  29. Jaxon

    I love planes and air crafts this video taught be a lot i didn’t know about

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  30. Laci

    awesome

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  31. Shawn

    Enjoyed the video. Not sure I could be a pilot though.

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  32. Aidan

    I was surprised the early researchers used weight change to steer aircraft

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  33. Harley

    It was very interesting learning about planes and how they were invented

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  34. Sallie

    I love r 51

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  35. Phoebe

    R51 is so funny

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  36. Phoebe

    That is good to know

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  37. Jeffrey

    I remember watching a YouTube video about the largest aircraft in the world but it was never built yet.

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  38. Megan

    This science lives just like all the others was great.

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  39. Jada

    If the Wright brothers never persevered, we would either never have planes, or it would have taken more time for the idea to develop by someone else.

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  40. Emily

    This was very interesting with lots of information about airplanes

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  41. Passion

    Watching from Texas.

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  42. Trevor

    I want to be in the air force when I get older. I love the power of speed. Airplanes go over the top with their speed.

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  43. Barrett

    I liked when they talked about the light bulb and that lady didn’t know how to turn it on! lol.

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  44. Becker

    i wish i was a pilot to its AWESOME!!!

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  45. Pookie

    I love his airplane, big and wide. Also easy to ride on.

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  46. Kasani

    airplanes are cool i love them

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  47. Becker

    Cool

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  48. Lela

    Flying is so awesome, and I’m glad to get to learn about it!

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  49. Brooke

    It’s amazing how airplanes can transport over 200 people at 1 time.

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  50. Kyle

    My Mom is so scared to fly.

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  51. Tino

    Such an interesting invention.

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  52. Aurora

    This was a very interesting episode.

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  53. Secilia

    How does that lightbulb light up when it is not connected to anything?!
    💡

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  54. Campbell

    how long would it take to build an all wooden plane?

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  55. Asher

    I watched this video a few weeks ago. It was so cool learning about airplanes and how they’re powered.

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  56. Brian

    This was a very funny episode!

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  57. Ava

    I have been on a airplane but I don’t know how it works

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  58. Minerva

    Love this video! a lots of information!

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  59. Noah

    I didnt know about a hydrogen plane, that’s awesome.

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  60. Adrian

    hi R-51

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  61. Adrian

    R-51 is one of the funniest person I have ever seen

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  62. Natilee

    I fly with my dad, he is a pilot. so this will be interesting.

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  63. Carter

    I would like to do more flight simulator games to get good at flying.

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  64. Brady

    My mom wants me to take flying lessons when I get a little bit older so I enjoyed this episode.

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  65. Luna

    My favorite grammar teachers is the 7th grade teacher, Ms. Nila and 5th grade teacher Ms. Rebbeca.

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  66. Zenya

    Oh cool

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  67. Rahmatullah

    this is good

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  68. Noah

    I just remembered that in September that science l!ve came back out. I totally forgot, but I’m glad it’s out again! Thank you so very very much for everything science live.

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  69. Andrew

    Cool video I learnded alot

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  70. James

    I did not know about the hydrogen plane!

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  71. Sadie

    I think airplanes are really cool but i have never been on one

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  72. Vsevolod

    R-51 is just so funny! I think that he is the one that makes these episodes so extraordinary!

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  73. Isabella

    Great Episode! Loved it!

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  74. Callen

    I think the light bulb is cool because it lights up without being plugged in

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  75. Riley

    I liked this video! Very interesting and lots of information.

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  76. Callan

    I liked learning about the Wright Brothers and their determination to fly.

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  77. Caiden

    I loved learning about air planes, flying and the Wright Brothers.

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  78. Bradley

    i love they way it explains everything about this subject

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  79. Doan

    I LIKE R-51. He’s sooo funny

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  80. Opal

    It was fascinating hearing about all of the different working parts of the wings for the airplane. Never would have thought of it like that.

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  81. Max

    Why did the project get stalled in california?

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  82. Arya

    This was awesome

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  83. Nerissa

    this episode was very interesting

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  84. Sherla

    Interesting

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  85. Jonbailey

    why is the new hydrogen planes not able to go as far if it is 1/3 of the wight of jet fuel and can be compressed, All so there are plans to extract hydrogen 3 on the moon.Why can’t we use this insted of other hydrogen it would be abel to cool the front mush better and have a greater power output.

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  86. Cleopatra

    I made a small wooden biplane but I haven’t tested if it fly’s yet.

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  87. Cam

    R51 is so funny

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  88. Cam

    I love science live so much

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  89. Boston

    I wish I could own a jet like you some day.

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  90. Isabella

    Always been interested in airplanes, great video

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  91. Joy

    So cool!

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  92. Bella😏

    My younger sister will be using Acellus to enhance her reading abilities, which she needs to succeed in all of her classes. As for me, I’m a passionate bookworm who thoroughly enjoys reading.

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  93. Andrew

    I wish that the Wright brothers could have the chance to see how far technology has come. And to think that only 66 years after the first flight we landed on the moon is just crazy to me!

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  94. Karsten

    I really enjoyed this episode, I’ve always been interested in flying!

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  95. Kourtlynn

    Our family wants to take a trip to the outer banks and visit the Wright Brothers museum.

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  96. Kade

    I like learning about the Wright brothers. Orville flew 50 miles on his plane.

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  97. Ezra

    cool

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  98. Bella

    This episode and it’s topic is great! So much fun to learn about the Wright Brothers!

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  99. Holly

    I just came back, and WOW! Everything is so different! I love it though, granted I was a little nervous when I didn’t see MR. Tobias second. Haha glad he is there though, I also love how his ties always match what he is talking about!

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  100. Maddox

    Great episode!!

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  101. Ranulph

    I loved that video!

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  102. Barrett

    How do you make a hydrogen powered car?

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  103. Tul

    R-51 is so funny

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  104. Dominique

    Mr, Dr. Billings made the first hydrogen car, the first hydrogen fork lift, and the first hydrogen powered motoercycle ant the first hydrogen bus and the first hydrogen house that he actually lived in. Mr. Dr. Billing made amazing things.

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  105. Andrew

    Why dose a airplane have curved wings.

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  106. Lauren

    I really enjoyed this science live!!

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  107. Luke

    I love Dr. billings jet

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  108. Olive

    This was my favorite Roger billings so far!

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  109. Zoë

    I am re-watching this, looking for the “Ventenioring Club”’s presentation, I want to know what drone Malichi used…did they cut that from the video? I can’t seem to find it….. But otherwise great video!

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  110. Hàn

    this is all about flying, so good, i love flying, i will be flying one day, and become the greatest pilot ever live, I hope theres a second episode about this

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  111. Hàn

    this is all about flying, so good, i love flying

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  112. Daniela

    Super cool! Now I’m even more excited about airplanes than before!

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  113. Hunter

    Awesome information!

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  114. Isabel

    I ‘m not that into inventing yet but I still found this interesting.

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  115. Haiynn

    I missed this over the summer! I enjoyed this so much!

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  116. Amelia

    I think the light bulb is cool because it lights up without being plugged in

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  117. Aiden

    The wright brothers are cool too learn about

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  118. Mia

    Great live

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  119. Jessica

    I loved this episode very good!

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  120. Kaitlyn

    I like this episode because I used to want to be a pilot.

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  121. Ruth

    this video was really amazing and I love clouds

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  122. Elijah

    This video was really cool to watch And i loved R-51

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  123. Liberty

    This was really interesting! Clouds are so beautiful from above!!

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  124. Bradley

    I feel confident enough to build a plane now, which is pretty darn cool. Or at least a glider, I don’t have the money to buy plane fuel.

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  125. Jude

    so cool!

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  126. Ayanfeoluwa

    thank you for this amazing lesson

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  127. Justin

    Great episode, thank you. I loved to hear of the history in the discovery of airplanes. Look forward to more episodes.

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  128. Ryan

    Flying is one of the many things that people do not get the chance to even do for me. I think it is very fascinating that just two brothers and a little bit of science came up with the modern day airplane, which advanced to the airplanes that we have today.

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  129. Ace

    Does hydrogen have a lower energy density than actual fuel ?

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  130. Varvara

    it was very interesting!!

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  131. Jackson

    who invented the first solar powered plane?

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  132. Nathan

    Very interesting to learn about how they fly

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  133. Amine

    Im so excited about the upcoming technology of airplanes.

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  134. Jordan

    I wonder what kind of buttons would need to be pressed in flight and when taking off.

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  135. Addie

    Very funny to watch

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  136. Julie

    It was interesting to find out vultures were an inspiration in the making of aircrafts! I loved learning more about this subject.

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  137. Jonathan

    Love it. Can you make one with centrifugal force.

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  138. Kane

    Great video

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  139. Lorelai

    CANT WAIT 😀

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  140. Ryland

    That was really fun to watch. I have liked airplanes since I was a baby. The information was really interesting and cool to learn.

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  141. Daniel

    How many commercial flights are there each year now?

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  142. Shadow

    When I get older I’m going to make a new kind of plane that can go really fast!

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  143. Athena

    I like the different planes!

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  144. Shylo

    Learning about the wright brothers and what started their curiosity was very cool.

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  145. Aaron

    This was a good episode. I like watching these

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  146. Kevin

    This video was interesting and I learned a lot from it. Thanks

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  147. Coy

    I enjoyed learning about the history and technology of flying a plane.

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  148. Alana

    I liked watching this video. It is interesting to hear all of the historical facts.

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  149. Brayden

    Will vertical takeoffs be viable for airplanes in the future

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  150. Baily

    what exactly is liquid hydrodron and what all can it be used for?

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  151. Sofia

    This one was fun

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  152. Liberty

    This was so fun to watch!

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  153. Josiah

    I love Dr. Billing’s jet!

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  154. Justin

    Thank you for making this episode, I really enjoyed it!

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  155. Cory

    I’ve never watched science live before, it was an interesting first episode. It lets me learn without any effort, practically a movie. It’s fun to watch and I’m already thinking about all I could learn with science live, I hope to keep seeing episodes like this one!

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  156. Andrea

    this was fun to watch

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  157. Carmela

    Loved this!!

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  158. David

    1 I did not know that airplanes needed the extra wings for something. 2 I saw that there were two types of flying flapping fast and like gliding. 3 close to the end they tried to do vertical takeoff and i laughed

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  159. Wyatt

    R-51 is very funny!

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  160. Gunnar

    R-51 is the best part about listening to these lol 😉

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  161. Hi

    I loved watching this video! R-51 made my day!!!:)

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  162. Statham

    so cool

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  163. Bradley

    episode 230
    I would love to learn to fly a plane.

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  164. Jackson

    R-51 was funny as heck!

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  165. Sophia

    Thank you for explaining what ventioneering means. The story about the Wright brothers really helped me understand it. I hope I can apply this concept in my life.

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  166. Raymond

    nice to know

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  167. Chevelle

    This such a good episode

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  168. Zachary

    How do airbrakes work?

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  169. Skylar

    What happen if the birds wing is messed up or what happens if the bird has less feathers?

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  170. Kerrigan

    This was a fun one to watch!

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  171. Abigail

    I like watching these episodes, thank you!

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  172. Alda

    I think the history, technology, and all of the studying and exams you have to take to be able to fly a plane are so awesome and can’t wait to see what features will make flying easier in the future!

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  173. Jean

    Watching this reminded me how grateful we need to be towards great minds like the Wright Brothers. Without them and so many others, where would are wonderful world be? Keep up the great work Acellus, I love it!!!!

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  174. Olivia

    This was my first Science Live episode, and I really enjoyed it! Definitely will be watching more <3

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  175. Llondon

    R-51 was Soo funny!! 😂

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