AVIATION HISTORY IN SHORT

1.FIRST POWERED,MANNED,SUSTAINED AND CONTROLLABLE FLIGHT IN DEC 17 1903 BY ORVILLE WRIGHT,WHICH IS FOR 12 SECONDS AND 120 ft IN WRIGHT FLYER 1
2.FEATURES OF WRIGHT FLYER 1:12 hp engine,biplane,elevator in front of the wing,reciprocating engine designed by wright brothers,wing span 12 m,length 6.43m,weight 274 kg,first flight speed 6.8 miles/hour(10.9 km/h).

3.wright brothers are Americans
4.wright flyer 1 is kept at Smithsonian institute in Washington

5. Ornithopter-wing flapped up and down,first interest by Leonardo da Vinci
6.first balloon flight in November 21 1783 in paris(france) by Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d arlandes,balloon made by Montgolfier brothers

7.George Cayley -true inventor of airplane,he separated lift from propulsion,he fully understands the concept of fixed wing.Cayley inscribed it on a silver disk now kept at Science museum london

8.George cayley(England) invented caterpillar tractor,he is the parent of modern aviation(introduce the basic configuration of modern airplane).
9.Whirling arm invented by Benjamin robins in 1742
10.Tripple paper "aerial navigation" is by George cayley
11.Cayley stated first time in history lift is generated by a region of low pressure on upper surface of airfoil.
12.Cayley stated cambered surface is advantageous over flat surface to produce lift
13.Cayley stated the role of horizontal and vertical tailplanes in stability.
14.Cyleys negative is he belived flappers can be used for propulsion
15.First airship by Henri iffard in paris(france-1852).
16.Cayley first suggested biplanes and triplanes(boy carrier).
17.Cayley made first full size glider in 1809
18.GEORGE CAYLEY- FATHER OF AERIAL NAVIGATION.
19.WILLIAM SAMUEL HENSON-AERIAL STEAM ENGINE.
20.FELIX DU TEMPLE FLEW THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL POWERED MODEL AIRPLANE IN HISTORY.
21.AERONAUTICALSOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN FOUNDED IN 1866 LONDON.
22.FRANCIS H WENHAM-DESIGNED AND BUILT FIRST WIND TUNNEL
23.WENHAM STATED WING WITH HIGH ASPECT RATIO HAS MORE LIFT.
24.WENHAM FIRST POINTED OUT MOST OF THE LIFT OF THE WING OBTAINED FROM PORTION NEAR LEADING EDGE.
25.OTTO LILIENTHAL-GLIDER MAN.DESIGNED AND FLEW THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL CONTROLLED GLIDERS IN HISTORY.
26.LILIENTHAL-FIRST HUMAN TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED IN AN AEROPLANE.
27.PERCY PILCHER-HAWK GLIDER
28.Chanute-introduced pratt trus method.
29.WRIGHT FLYER 3-FIRST PRACTICAL AIRPLANE.
30.FIRST CRASH-FORT MAYER SEPTEMBER 17 1908(PILOT ORVILLE).THOMAS E SELFRIDGE DIED,HE IS THE PASSENGER.
31.HENRI FARMAN DESIGNED AILERONS IN HENRI FARMAN 3 FLIGHT.
32.GLENN CURTIS-AMPHIBIAN AIRCRAFT
33.RED WING ON MARCH 12 1908-FIRST PUBLIC FLIGHT IN U.S.
34.GLEN CURTIS DESIGNED JUNE BUG(SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN-AERO CLUB OF AMERICA TROPHY).
35.GLEN CURTIS-GOLDEN FLYER(GORDON BENNET TROPHY-FASTEST FLIGHT).
36.CURTIS WAS FORCED TO PAY ROYALITIES
 TO WRIGHTS FAMILY.
37.CURTIS WRIGHT CORPORATION MADE P-40 AIRPLANE.
38.JOSEPH ETIENNE LENOIR(FRANCE) BUILD FIRST PRACTICAL GAS ENGINE IN 1860.
39.IN 1876 N.A.OTTO AND E.LANGEN OF GERMANY DEVELOPED FOUR CYCLE ENGINE.
40.IN JUNE 1926-THREE ENGINE HGH WING TRANSPORT AIRPLANE NAMED FORD 4-AT TRIMOTOR MADE BY FORD.

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