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Early Air Shows

Early Air Shows. Early Air Shows. Early Air Shows. Early Air Shows. Early Air Shows. Pioneers – Wright Brothers. 1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Pioneers – Alexander Graham Bell. Inventor.

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Early Air Shows

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  1. Early Air Shows

  2. Early Air Shows

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  6. Pioneers – Wright Brothers 1901 glider being flown as a kite, Wilbur at left side, Orville at right; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

  7. Pioneers – Alexander Graham Bell Inventor "Cygnet #2, "a tetrahedral kite built in Nova Scotia, containeds 3,960 tetrahedral cells covered with red silk and driven a motor

  8. Pioneers – Glenn Curtiss Motorcycle Builder World Speed Record: 136.3 mph …but not in an airplane… 1st pilot license

  9. Aerial Experiment Association • Alexander Graham Bell & Glenn Curtiss • Invented the aileron to turn • Replaced Wright’s wing-warping • Click here for demo or or here • Developed first seaplane

  10. Aerial Experiment Association • Alexander Graham Bell & Glenn Curtiss • First carrier landing (USS Pennsylvania) • Really, a battleship – carriers hadn’t been invented!

  11. Louis Bleriot • French • 1st to cross English Channel (heavier-than-air) • 1st monoplane

  12. Robert Esnault-Pelterie • 1st to fully enclose the fuselage What’s the advantage of an enclosed fuselage?

  13. The Short Brothers Eustace, Howard, Oswald • 1st multi-engine aircraft • Increased safety • Triple Twin • 3 propellers • 2 engines

  14. Igor Sikorsky • 4-engine aircraft • Later, helicopters • Helicopters: • Louis Breguet • Paul Cornu • Emile and Henry Berliner

  15. Calbraith Perry Rodgers • Where did Vin Fiz name come from? • Who was William Randolph Hearst? • Flight across the U.S. in 30 days • How do cross the Rockies

  16. PFC Vernon Burge • 1st enlisted man to become a pilot • Built a landing system

  17. Bessie Coleman • 1st black female

  18. Blanche Stuart Scott • “Aviatrix” • Accidental solo flight?

  19. Bessica Medlar Raiche • Was she really the first woman to solo? • Never got a license

  20. Harriet Quimby • 1st woman to earn a pilot’s license • Fashionable! • Fell out of plane

  21. World War 1 • Discovered uses for aircraft still used today: • Reconnaissance • Fighter • Bomber • Transport • Battle Damage Assessment (BDA)

  22. World War 1 – Bombers & Fighters • Link to Bombers • Link to Fighters Fokker Dr. 1 Triplane The Red Baron – Manfred von Richthofen 80 “kills” – still the ace of aces

  23. World War 1 NC-4 The NC-4, commanded by Lt-Cmdr A.C. Read and piloted by Lt Walter Hinton, was the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Four aircraft, the NC-1, NC-2, NC-3, and NC-4 were to make the flight together, but the NC-2 was damaged in a fire and was used for spare parts. The remaining three aircraft began the flight on May 8, 1919. The NC-1 became lost and sank (the crew was rescued), the NC-3 suffered a mechanical failure, leaving only the NC-4 to arrive. The trip took 23 days, but the total flying time was only 53 hours and 58 minutes. The US Navy had 68 destroyers spaced out across the Atlantic to be used as navigation marker buoys for the flight, while 5 Battleships, spaced at 400 mile intervals, acted as weather stations.

  24. World War 1 Voisin October 5, 1914 French Mechanic Louis Quenalt used a Hotchkiss machine gun to bring down a German Aviatik aircraft flown by Sergeant joseph Frantz. History’s first recorded air-to-air kill.

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