 Every
year over 560 million
passenger's climb on board
domestic flights here
in the US.
We've all heard that
air travel is the safest
form of transportation,
but have you ever wondered
how a plane actually flies?
How does 320,000 pounds
of metal lift into the
air with such ease? Destination
Tomorrow spoke with Flight
research pilot Rob Rivers
of NASA Langley's Research
Center about the 4 principles
of flight. Rob has been
a research pilot with
NASA for 12 years, and
has flown some of the
most exciting aircraft
in the world.
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