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Tom Scott Plus Lucy Edwards: Flying Blind

19 minutes 12 seconds

Now Playing As: Captioned (English) (change)

Join host Tom Scott on a flying adventure with Lucy Edwards, who is blind, and the folks at Aerobility. For this flight, Tom wears a blindfold. Based in the United Kingdom, Aerobility provides anyone, regardless of disability, with access to the magic and wonder of flight.

Media Details

Runtime: 19 minutes 12 seconds

Topic: Blind Life, Counseling and Self-Help, Health and Safety, Science
Subtopic: Aeronautics, Blind - General, Disabilities
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
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Release Year: 2022
Producer/Distributor: Tom Scott
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Large rounded blue and white instrument with round opening at the front. Man faces it in foreground. Title card reads, "A flying telescope in a 747?!"

Large plane taxiing on a runway. Caption: Propulsion is the power that moves something,

Illustration of a man standing at a podium with the seal of the President of the United States of America on it while gesturing towards a plane flying in the sky pulling a banner that says, "National Aviation Day". Caption: established National Aviation Day on August 19

Cylindrical metal duct with a control box and large valve control. Sign on wall says Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Caption: We have a tunnel that will reach Mach 3 on a small scale.

Extremely complex machine with interconnected cylindrical objects and wiring harnesses. Caption: It starts with an idea or concept.

Man sits for an interview in a library with a large TV screen on the wall that shows the atmosphere on the curve of the earth from space. Text reads, “David Walton. Aerospace Engineer.”

Charles Lindbergh poses for camera in front of the Spirit of Saint Louis monoplane, wearing a gray jacket and dark necktie.

A cube shaped space craft on a tripod of legs and four rotor-like wings on top sitting on the surface of a barren planet. Caption: 5 Survive Mars Environment. "And it has to survive the harsh environment of Mars."

A blue whale in the water, from above. Caption: Blue whales are the largest animals

Large warehouse with airplanes in various stages of construction. Caption: Our team supports the triple seven directly.