Monday, 08:25

Revolution: Ideas That Changed the World

The Airplane gave us a great superpower - the ability to fly. But how we got it is a story full of passion, danger and death. We start with a Moorish scholar jumping off a cliff 11 centuries ago, with feathers on his arms. The key to flight is to master the air. That starts even earlier with the Chinese, who invent the kite. It proves that a heavier than air object can fly by producing lift. Enter Leonardo Da Vinci, who imagines a machine capable of flapping its wings.