Mobility today has been made faster and easier compared to the past centuries. This has been as a result of technological advancements from research by scientists. Air transport in particular has witnessed dramatic innovations in air engines improving from the past models. What strikes interest in this field, is how the thought of possible movement in the skies came about. This is exactly what this paper seeks to establish. In addition to that, it will also look at the Air Mail Experiment and the advent of aviation oversight program in the United States (FAA)
Air transport has greatly evolved. Great scientists played a major role in setting the pace towards realization of today’s work in aviation. Leonardo Davinci was the founding father of aviation. He shall be remembered for being the first person to think and put on paper over 100 drawings of bird and mechanical flight in 1480’s showing wings and tails of birds. The “ornithopter” was one of his drawings of an air bone engine from which the present day helicopter was invented. From his works aviation pioneers picked up the pace and in 1783 the hot air balloon was discovered by Montgolfier brothers. Its first passengers were a sheep a duck and rooster that were carried over a mile on an elevation of 6000 feet. After this success the passengers became men.
Between 1799 and 1850 Sir George Cayley, the father of aerodynamics, analyzed the forces of lift and drag and came up with the concept of air screws, steering rudders to construct gliders. He tested this with a boy piloting it whose name is not known (phillip1999).George made improvements on his models and suggested that a fixed wing aircraft with a tail and a power system to propel it was the only thing needed to fly man. In...
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... in, 1920.More developments emerged such as the radio communication system, and the control towers. The government became deeply involved in funding researches and establishing regulating bodies to manage airlines such as the Civil Aeronautics Administration in I938.The aviation oversight program in the United States was later realized through these developments to spearhead developments in the aviation field.
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The history of flying dates back as early as the fifteenth century. A Renaissance man named Leonardo da Vinci introduced a flying machine known as the ornithopter. Da Vinci proposed the idea of a machine that had bird like flying capabilities. Today no ornithopters exist due to the restrictions of humans, and that the ornithopters just aren’t practical. During the eighteenth century a philosopher named Sir George Cayley had practical ideas of modern aircraft. Cayley never really designed any workable aircraft, but had many incredible ideas such as lift, thrust, and rigid wings to provide for lift. In the late nineteenth century the progress of aircraft picks up. Several designers such as Henson and Langley, both paved the way for the early 1900’s aircraft design. Two of the most important people in history of flight were the Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers were given the nickname the “fathers of the heavier than air flying machine” for their numerous flights at their estate in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur Wright created a motor-powered biplane in which they established incredible feats of the time. The Wright Brothers perfected their design of the heavier than air flying ma...
The roots of today’s aviation regulations extend back to December 17, 1903 when the Wright Brothers first took to the skies in North Carolina. The Wright Brothers set the stage for aviation regulation. After World War I returning pilots bought some surplus war airplanes and went into business. These pilots were known as the barnstormers. These barnstormers performed acrobatic shows and gave local people rides. During this period of time the public perception of the aviation industry was that of a daredevil or reckless. Aviation took off very slowly because it was too expensive for most consumers. Primarily the wealthy were able to take trips to the East Coast. Uses of aviation included advertising, aerial photography, crop dusting and carrying illegal shipments of alcohol during the prohibition.
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Over 60 years ago, airships were the "queens of the skies." In the early 1900s, a stubborn, yet brilliant German count, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, took keen interest in balloon flights and was devoted to the design and construction of airships. At first, he had many difficulties and setbacks but soon his airships were able to accommodate passengers as well. This lighter-than-air vehicle will later be known as a zeppelin.
The aviation industry in the 1920s took flight because of men and women like Charles Lindbergh, William Boing, Betty Coleman, William J. Powell, Richard Evelyn Byrd, and Raymond Orteig. Their efforts and risks helped shape the industry as well as the Jazz Age. Both Lindbergh and Amundsen are both famous for their daring feats that helped push the limits of their planes at the time and brought attention to the new industry. Boing and Orteig are also both well recognized for investing in the industry so that it had monetary backup to make it profitable to continuously improve and advance new airplane designs.
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By 1914 aviation technology was sophisticated enough to make airplanes valuable wartime tools. In 1918, the U.S. government found an important peacetime role for aviation: delivering mail. Entrepreneur Walter T. Varney launched his U.S. "air mail" operation April 6, 1926, marking the birth of commercial aviation in the United States. Because Varney was a predecessor of United, it also marked the birth of the airline.
Flight is one of the most important achievements of mankind. We owe this achievement to the invention of the airfoil and understanding the physics that allow it to lift enormous weights into the sky.
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