By Ahmad Ahsan

History of Aviation: 1860-1903

INVENTIONS RIGID FRAME AIRCRAFT HUMAN CONTROLLED FLIGHT WEIGHT SHIFTING WING DESIGN PITCH CONTROL SURFACES

PRE-POWERED FLIGHT 1860-1903

OTTO LILIENTHAL

PRE-POWERED FLIGHT 1860-1903

OCTAVE CHANUTE

PRE-POWERED FLIGHT 1860-1903

CAPTAIN F. FERBER

PRE-POWERED FLIGHT 1860-1903

WRIGHT BROTHERS

1903-1914 Early Powered Flight AIRCRAFT MOTORS Achievements PROPELLERS

THREE AXIS FLIGHT CONTROLS WHEELED LANDING GEAR FLOAT PLANES RECORDS SET FOR SPEED, DISTANCE, AND ENDURANCE AIR RACES BECAME POPULAR IN AMERICA AND EUROPE

PRE-POWERED FLIGHT 1860-1903

SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY 1834 TO 1906

EARLY POWERED FLIGHT 1903-1914

WRIGHT BROTHERS ORVILE AND WILBER FIRST POWERED HEAVIER-THAN-AIR FLIGHT DECEMBER 17, 1903

EARLY POWERED FLIGHT 1903-1914

GLEN CURTIS 1878 TO 1930 INVENTER AILERON CONTROLS MOTORCYCLE RACER

EARLY POWERED FLIGHT 1903-1914

GLEN L MARTIN 1886 TO 1955 AIRCRAFT DESIGNER

EARLY POWERED FLIGHT 1903-1914

LOUIS BLERIOT 1872 TO 1936 FRENCH INVENTOR FIRST AIRCRAFT TO FLY ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN JULY 1909

CAL ROGERS 1879 TO 1912 FIRST COAST TO COAST FLIGHT 84 DAYS, SEPTEMBER 17, 1911 TO NOVEMEBER 5, 1911 74 LANDINGS, INCLUDING 12 CRASHES AIRCRAFT CALLED VIN FIZ AFTER A GRAPE SOFT DRINK. AIRCRAFT WAS A WRIGHT MODEL EX FLYER

EARLY POWERED FLIGHT 1903-1914

EARLY POWERED FLIGHT 1903-1914

LINCOLN BEACHEY 1887 TO 1915 RACED AGAINST BARNEY OLDFIELDS RACE CAR AT COUNTY FARES

History of Aviation
Course is designed: To enable students to demonstrate the factors that were conducive to development of aviation; To facilitate students in comprehending the implications aviation has had on human life; To familiarize students with the timeline of aviation, and to shed light on important milestones; To promote and understanding of basic systems, and to bring students up to date with the systems and controls in use today;

Wright Brothers
In May 1899, Wilbur wrote a letter to the Smithsonian Institution, asking for any papers it might have on flight and a reading list of books on the subject. When the Wrights had acquainted themselves with the works of others, they identified an area that seemed to have been neglected: control. This gave them a vital advantage over others.

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Men such as Langley had imagined a flying machine to be rather like a car an essentially stable machine to be switched on and then steered. However, the Wrights instinctively felt that a flying machine was more like a bicycle, and would need to be flown with constant adjustments of balance. From the start they posed the problem not simply of how to build a flying machine, but also how to fly it. The Wright Brothers developed their plans for a flying machine from bicycle concepts

History of Aviation: Paper

Wright Brothers
Watching soaring birds, Wilbur was struck by the movement of the feathers on their wingtips, which kept the birds lateral balance. The brothers puzzled for a long time over achieving a similar effect on an aircraft wing, until Wilbur had a sudden moment of inspiration. Absent-mindedly twisting the ends of a narrow cardboard box in opposite directions, he saw that the same could be done with a wing. Wing-warping had been devised.

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When the weather was right for a glide, the contraption was dragged to the top of a high dune. Either Wilbur or Orville climbed on board, while the other and an assistant held a wingtip. When the pilot was ready, they ran the glider downhill into the wind until it lifted off into skimming flight. To their immense satisfaction, the Wrights found that the controls operated well, achieving balanced flight and smooth landings.

Wright Brothers
The Wrights based the design of their first full-size glider on the work of their recent predecessors which flew well in the 1896 experiments near Chicago. The Wrights designed the wings with camber, a curvature of the top surface. The Wrights mounted the horizontal elevator in front of the wings rather than behind, apparently believing this feature would help avoid a nosedive and crash

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The gliders in the different years

1900 Glider

1901 Glider

1902 Glider

1903 Glider's Engin

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On December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-thanair machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.

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Presentation
Chinese role in aviation First glider flights Wright Brothers Wright Flyer George Carlyle Otto Lilienthal

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