Air transportation

The History of Flying

Leonardo da Vinci

The Wright-Brothers

Wilbur Wright 1867. April 16.1912. May 30.

Orville Wright1871. August 19.1948. January 30.

Zeppelin

- After the Hindenburg disaster, they aren’t used for transporting passengers- Nowadays they are used for advertisements

- Ferdinand von Zeppelin(1838-1917)

How a plane works?

-Air screw: -Small, but weak-A tighter body can be used

-Jet-propelled:-Huge, but strong-Allows passenger transportation

The records

Airbus A-380 „Superjumbo”-The world’s biggest airliner

-Spread: 79,8 m-Height: 24,1 m-Passenger seats: 555

Antonov AN-225 „Mriya”-The world’s biggest airplane

-It was constructed for the transportation of the „Buran”

Concorde-The world’s fastest airplane

-It’s speed bypasses the twice of the speed of sound

Catastrophes

Airbus A-320 on the Hudson-river

Polish TU-154 disaster

Indian Air Parade

Military Use

–Stealth aircraft

–Fighter

–Military helicopter

Stealth Aircraft

Fighter

Military Helicopter

Hungarian Helicopter: „Csőrike”

Rescue Helicopter:

Fire fighter Helicopter:

The use of the air-highways