Will the Pulse Detonation Engine help to address New Zealand's 'air mile' issues? Find out in this week's episode of Public Address Science...

NOTE: A complete transcript of this episode is available here.

Further information:

-- Read more about Dr John Hoke's research work into Pulse Detonation Engines on the ISSI website (ISSI are civilian contractors to the United States Air Force Research Laboratory). Some interesting photographs of the prototype Pulse Detonation Engine can be seen in their image gallery.

-- Read more about the working principles of the United States Air Force Research Laboratory's Pulse Detonation Engine in the ISSI FAQ section.

-- Read more about Pulse Detonation Engines (in general) in Wikipedia.

-- Read more about Dr Hoke's test-bed aircraft: the Rutan Long-EZ.

-- Read about How Pulsejets Work on Bruce Simpson's excellent Pulsejet website. Bruce Simpson is a New Zealander who also runs the Aardvark Daily website, and is one of the leading figures in a worldwide resurgence of interest in pulsejets (the pulsejet flyby effect in this week's episode of Public Address Science is based on a short audio sample from one of his videos).

-- Read more about the V1 missile in Wikipedia.

This episode of Public Address Science was originally broadcast on Radio Live, 14th April 2007, 2 pm - 3 pm.

An archive of all Public Address Science episodes can be found here.