CHAPTER 1-4WORLD POWER
MAIN POINTS
DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
SUBMARINESDESTROYERS (STEAM TORPEDO)NAVAL GUNNERY1903 SPRINGFIELD, ‘45BREECHLOADING, RECOILLESS,
SMOKELESS
MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
MILITIA ACT OF 1903 - NATIONAL GUARDDRILL, ANNUAL TRAINING, FUNDS
REGULAR ARMY AUTHORIZED 100KARMY AERONAUTICAL DIVISION
(1907) AND ARMY AVIATION (1914)
MILITARY FORCES
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST TO SHOW
SUSTAINED
CONTROLLED
POWERED
HEAVIER-THAN-AIR
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
IDEAL CONDITIONS FIRST PRACTICAL POWER PLANT APTITUDES/ATTITUDES FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF
OTHERS (LILIENTHAL, CHANUTE, ETC)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTWRIGHT BROTHERS
OCTOBER 1900 - FIRST GLIDERTETHERED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTWRIGHT BROTHERS
JULY 1901 - LARGER GLIDERCONTROL PROBLEMS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTWRIGHT BROTHERS
SEPTEMBER 1902 - THIRD GLIDERDRAG PROBLEMS
OCTOBER 1902 - RETURNED W/1000+ FLIGHTS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
BUILT AN ENGINETWO COUNTER- ROTATING PROPSRETURNED TO N.C. SEPTEMBER 1903
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
DECEMBER 14 WILBUR FIRST
DECEMBER 17 ORVILLE SUCCEEDS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
FIRST FLIGHT - 12 SECONDS; 120 FEETFINAL FLIGHT - 59 SECONDS, 852 FEET
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTWRIGHT BROTHERS
SO WHAT??? LITTLE RECOGNITION IN THE U.S. GREAT BRITAIN WANTED TO BUY
PATENT AWARDED 22 MAY 1906 SIGNAL CORPS SPECIFICATION
NUMBER 486 AWARDED 23 DEC 1907
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTSIGNAL CORPS SPECIFICATION # 486
SPEED OF 40 MPH COULD CARRY TWO PEOPLE (350#) FUEL FOR 125 MILES CONTROLLABLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS 1 HOUR ENDURANCE W/TURNAROUND SIMPLE STARTING DEVICE LAND IN A FIELD WITH NO DAMAGETRAIN TWO PILOTS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTFURTHER WRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS
SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY ON 10 FEB 1908
14 MAY 1908 - FIRST PASSENGER FLIGHT! DELIVERED FIRST PLANE TO THE ARMY
20 AUG 1908 FIRST FATALITY
17 SEP 1908 LT THOMAS
SELFRIDGE
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTOTHER SIGNFICANT EVENTS
GLENN CURTISS (FASTEST MAN ON EARTH)
BUILT ENGINE THAT POWERED FIRST U.S. DIRIGIBLE
FOUNDED AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION
(W/ A.G. BELL)
JUNE BUG MADE FIRST 1 KILOMETER
FLIGHT
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTOTHER SIGNFICANT EVENTS
BLANCHE STUART SCOTT - FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO SOLO2 SEP 1910 – “OOPS!”
HARRIET QUIMBY - FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN WITH PILOT’S LICENSE1 JUL 1912 - “FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT!”
CALBRAITH PERRY ROGERS - FIRST TO CROSS THE U.S. BY AIR49 DAYS (30 FOR THE PRIZE)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTEUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
ROBERT ESNAULT-PELTERIE - BUILT GLIDER REPLACING WING WARPING WITH AILERONS (1904)
LOUIS BLERIOT - FIRST MONOPLANE
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTEUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIR MEET HELD 22-28 AUG 1909 SEVERAL CRASHES AMONG 36
PARTICIPANTS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTEUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
LOUIS BREGUET - FIRST HELICOPTER TO CARRY A PERSON (1907)
SEGUIN BROTHERS - THE GNOME (RADIAL/AIR-COOLED ENGINE)
SHORT BROTHERS - FIRST MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT (18 SEP 1911)
IGOR SIKORSKY - FIRST FOUR-ENGINE AIRCRAFT (1913)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHTRAPID GROWTH
IN 1911:FRANCE - 353 PILOTS BRITAIN - 57 PILOTS GERMANY - 46 PILOTS ITALY - 32 PILOTS BELGIUM - 27 PILOTS U.S. - 26 PILOTS
EUROPE - MANY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES U.S. - AIRCRAFT MADE BY HAND
QUESTIONS????