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Podcast: Serious Inquiries Only
Episode: SIO397: Why Is Flying Not Any Faster Than 60 Years Ago?
Description: It's a phun physics phepisode! Dr. Bryan Gillis is here to teach us about some of the interesting physics of air travel. Why is breaking the speed of sound so difficult? What's a sonic boom? How do flights make up time in the air? And probably some way more interesting stuff as well!  Veritasium video on turbulent flow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zI9sG3pjVU Extra-Life charity link: https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.participant&participantID=517279  Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here! Please please pretty please supp...