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How to Fly a Lazy Eight

  • 1943
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This animated military documentary short film instructs pilots how to do the flying maneuver known as a "lazy eight," in which the airplane flies in alternating loops. As attempting this man... Read allThis animated military documentary short film instructs pilots how to do the flying maneuver known as a "lazy eight," in which the airplane flies in alternating loops. As attempting this maneuver at too high an airspeed can result in the aircraft stalling, special care must be ex... Read allThis animated military documentary short film instructs pilots how to do the flying maneuver known as a "lazy eight," in which the airplane flies in alternating loops. As attempting this maneuver at too high an airspeed can result in the aircraft stalling, special care must be exercised in making the turns, and to help pilots better understand the technique, an animat... Read all

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    • Rudolf Ising
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    • Mae West
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      • Rudolf Ising
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      • 1943 (United States)
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      • First Motion Picture Unit, United States Army Air Forces
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      • Black and White
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      • 1.33 : 1

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