History of Flight

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History of Flight

• 1st Class Cadet Training

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Objectives

• Appreciate the early efforts made by mankind to
  fly
• Display a knowledge of early developments in
  Heavier-than-Air craft
• Name the significant achievements in powered
  flight

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Lighter than Air
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Hot Air Balloon
Hot air is less dense than surrounding air
giving lift Propane gas is used today
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First Balloon Flight - 1783

• Montgolfier Brothers
• Hot Air
• Later balloons used hydrogen or helium

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Airship Development Hydrogen Gas
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The Hindenburg 1937
and DISASTER!
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Modern Helium Airships A modest comeback
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Heavier than Air
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Air supports the weight of the kite
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Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) flapping wings
Design
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Sir George Cayley 1st Model Glider - 1804
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First manned gliders Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896)
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Modern Hang Glider
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• Gossamer Condor Man Powered Glider - 1977

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Wright Brothers First Powered Flight 1903
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First Cross Channel Flight 1909
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Louis Bleriot

• Looking VERY worried before his epic flight!

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The Air Race across the Atlantic - 1919
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• First Flight Across the Atlantic
• Captain Brown
• Lieutenant Alcock
• 1919

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Vickers Vimy
After landing in Ireland
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First Solo Flight across Atlantic - 1927
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Amy Johnson
First Solo Flight by a Woman to Australia in 1930
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RAF wins Speed Record 1931 (407.5 mph) in the
Schneider Trophy races
Supermarine S6b
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The Schneider Trophy won for the third and
final time in 1931 by the Great Britain team
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R J Mitchell Spitfire Designer
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Spitfire Sculpture Castle Vale, Birmingham
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Sikorsky Helicopter - 1939
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Development of the Jet Engine Air Commodore Sir
Frank Whittle OM KBE CB FRS
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First RAF jet aircraft Gloster E28/39 first
flight in 1941
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Meteor vs. V1 Doodlebug
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1947 - General Chuck Yeager breaks the Sound
Barrier in the Bell X1
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De Havilland Comet First Jet Airliner 1949
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Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet
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First and only supersonic jet airliner - Concorde
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The New Super Jumbo Airbus A380
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Harrier GR7 VSTOL Jump Jet
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Objectives

• Appreciate the early efforts made by mankind to
  fly
• Display a knowledge of early developments in
  Heavier-than-Air craft
• Name the significant achievements in powered
  flight

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Questions?
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Questions

• Name the brothers who first flew in a hot air
  balloon
• What did the Wright brothers achieve?
• Who was the first pilot to fly across the English
  Channel?
• Which aircraft first flew across the Atlantic?
• Who invented the jet engine?

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Questions

• What are the main disadvantages with
  hydrogen-filled airships?
• Which airship burst into flames in 1937?
• Name the much safer gas used in modern airships
• Describe the contribution to aviation made by Sir
  George Cayley and Otto Von Lilienthal

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Questions

• Which trophy was won outright by the RAF in 1931?
• In what year was the first man-powered flight
  made?
• Who designed the Spitfire?
• Who was the first man to break the sound barrier?
• Who was the first woman to fly solo to Australia?