First Flights With Neil Armstrong

Name: First Flights With Neil Armstrong S03:E05 - Workhorse of the Sky: The Turboprop
Uploaded: 2025-10-17T07:00:00.000Z
Duration: 24 min 11 s
Description: The turboprop is a mix of two successful technologies, the jet turbine and the propeller. Highly reliable, the turboprop has been the workhorse of the skies for decades, and remains the mainstay of commercial short-haul aviation.

Season 3 Episode 5 - Workhorse of the Sky: The Turboprop

1993 · 25 min · 3 Seasons

TV-G

Documentary

The turboprop is a mix of two successful technologies, the jet turbine and the propeller. Highly reliable, the turboprop has been the workhorse of the skies for decades, and remains the mainstay of commercial short-haul aviation.

Subtitles: English

Directed by:Mark H. Tuttle