3 Season
39 Episode
First Flights with Neil Armstrong - Season 3 Episode 4 Tail First Flying - the Canard
When the small tail surface wings which enable an airplane to go up or down are moved to the front, they are called canards. It is a technology as old as manned flight — the Wrights used canards on their early airplanes. Canards were rarely used after the first World War until computer technology provided the control needed to make the technology feasible.
- Year : 1993
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : A&E
- Keyword : aviation, military aviation
- Director : Rick Gordon
- Cast : Neil Armstrong
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