Download - History of Flight - AVB 1 (MOGT)
22 Feb 13
History of Flight - AVB 1 (MOGT)CCPL Palmer
Purposes of this lesson:✤ Describe briefly the history of aviation with respect to:
✤ Early flight
✤ Civil and commercial aviation
✤ Military aviation, and
✤ Recreational aviation.
✤ Describe the full range of basic types of aircraft emanating from the lighter-than-air and heavier- than-air categories.
✤ This lesson will help you at cadets to pass your exam and to be more knowledgeable with aviation.
Timeline
1700s
✤ First balloon flight in 1783 - France
✤ First powered ballon and the first flight by a woman in 1784 - France
✤ First American flight 1793
✤ First Military use in 1794
✤ First parachute jump in 1797
1800s
✤ First air transport company in 1843
✤ First dirigible - steam engine powered ballon - 1852
✤ First transatlantic attempt - 1873
✤ First successful metal dirigible - crashed because of leaks - 1897
1900s
✤ First zeppelin flight - 1900
✤ Wright Brothers plane - first heavier than air flight - 1903
✤ First airplane maneuvers - 1904
✤ First multi engined aircraft - 1913
✤ First aerial combat - 1914
✤ First round-the-world flight - 1924
✤ First helicopter flight - 1937
1900s...
✤ First turbojet flight - 1939
✤ First supersonic flight - 1947
✤ First airlines - 1950s
✤ First Satellite - 1957
✤ First moon landing - 1969
✤ First long distance solar powered flight - 1980
✤ First US female combat pilot to bomb enemy target - 1998
✤ First non-stop round the world balloon flight - 1999
2000s
✤ First solo non-stop flight around the world without refueling - 2005
Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft
✤ Aircraft that can rise and remain suspended by using contained gas weighing less than the air that is displaced by the gas.
✤ What types are there?
Heavier-Than-Air Aircraft
✤ An aircraft which is heavier than the air that it displaces
✤ Any aircraft which flies by producing lift, rather than relying on being lighter than the air around it
✤ What are some examples?
Outcomes from this lesson
✤ You should now be able to:
✤ Briefly describe the history of aviation
✤ Differentiate between heavier than air and lighter than air aircraft
The End