Airplane: History and some pictures
Introduction
In the stone age, we have to walk barefooted to cover any journey. Then we realized that we need a
vehicle to make our journey easy, comfortable and quick. The development of vehicles started from
bicycle, car, boat and then planes respectively. I would say rocket 🚀 are the last and latest invention
of human in transportation, and all the other research are being carried out to make all the
above-mentioned vehicles more comfortable, stylish, well functional, and more reliable.
In the modern world airplanes are one of the most used means of transportation globally.
History of airplanes and flights.
Since airplanes are the most fascinating and quickest means of transportation. People before the
The 20th century thought that it is impossible to fly in the sky. They think flying machines were just myths. The first humans to touch the sky and break the limit of paradox society are the Wright brothers. Wright’s brother’s first flight was made on December 17, 1903, the south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Wilbur, having used his turn in the unsuccessful attempt on the 14th, the right to the first trial now
belonged to me. After running the motor a few minutes to heat it up, I released the wire that held the
machine to the track, and the machine started forward in the wind. Wilbur ran at the side of the
machine, holding the wing to balance it on the track. Unlike the start on the 14th, made in a calm,
the machine, facing a 27-mile wind, started very slowly. Wilbur was able to stay with it till it lifted
from the track
after a forty-foot run. One of the Life Saving men snapped the camera for us, taking a picture just
as the machine had reached the end of the track and had risen to a height of about two feet.1
The slow forward speed of the machine over the ground is clearly shown in the picture by Wilbur’s
attitude. He stayed along beside the machine without
any effort. The flight up and down the course was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity
of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder
was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center. This gave it a tendency to turn
itself when started; so that it turned too far on one side and then too far on the other. As a result,
the machine would rise suddenly to about ten feet, and then suddenly dart for the ground. A sudden
dart when a little over a
hundred feet from the end of the track, or a little over 120 ft from the point at which it rose into the
air, ended the flight. As the velocity of the wind was over 35 ft per second
and the speed of the machine over the ground against this wind ten feet per second, the speed
of the machine relative to the air was over 45 ft per second, and the length of the flight was equivalent
to a flight of 540 feet made in calm air. This flight lasted
only 12 seconds, but it was nevertheless the first in the history of the world in which a machine
carrying a man had raised itself by its own power into the air in full flight,
had sailed forward without reduction of speed, and had finally landed at a point as high as that
from which it started.
The first airplane
We have seen the iconic photograph of the first controlled, sustained flight of heavier-than-air
aircraft. This first flight was the culmination of years of hard work by two brothers from
Dayton, Ohio: Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur (1867–1912) Wright.
The Wright brothers were also methodical and systematic in their approach to flying and flight testing.
Between 1900 and 1903, they performed extensive flight testing with gliders of their own design.
Starting first with unmanned, kite-like gliders in the above figure. they systematically progressed to
manned glider flights. The Wright brothers designed, built, and flew their first
manned glider at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1900 with disappointing results. They test flew
another glider design in 1901, but this second manned glider also flew poorly. It was not until their
third glider design in 1903 that the Wright brothers were satisfied with how the glider flew.
These glider design iterations systematically improved the performance and flying qualities of their
unpowered airplanes and these lessons learned were incorporated into their 1903 powered airplane
design.
Commercial flight
Wright brothers have successfully conducted the first flight. Then they started to train about the
flight and make it more efficient and reliable. Now it is possible to make aircraft heavier than air
and use them for commercial flight.
On Jan. 1, 1914, the world's first scheduled passenger airline service took off, operating between
St. Petersburg and Tampa, Fla. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line was a short-lived endeavor
r only four months but it paved the way for today's daily transcontinental flights.
Tony Jannus was the first flight pilot, an experienced test pilot. Abram C. Pheil was the first paying
passenger for commercial flight, mayor of St. Petersburg. The first commercial flight was made in
a "flying boat" designed by Thomas Benoist, an aviation entrepreneur from St. Louis. They flew
over 21 miles(34 km) for 23 minutes.
The commercial flight system had started from this point. Airbus and Boeing are the largest aircraft
manufacturing companies.
Airbus A380-800 is the largest aircraft for commercial flights with 850 passenger seat capacity.
Antonov An-225 is the biggest aircraft.
Aircraft in military
Aircraft are not only limited to commercial flight they are also used by the army for defense.
The aircraft used by the army is basically well equipped and advanced.
Aircraft were mostly used in World War II. After the end of WW II, competition for building aircraft
started. They build such a powerful fighter jet that can shoot for air-to-air, air-to-land, drop boom,
chemical weapons. The most powerful fighter jet in Su-57 was developed by Russia.
The aircraft has been widely used in different fields for various purposes. By the use of the concept
of an airplane, we can reach space as well as on other planets. By using the theory of flight we are
exploring other planets. Now we use airplanes for different purposes. Different kinds of future flights
are also developing. I think the development of airplanes is a never-ending process. Now I think you
are well known about the history of planes. For more visit our website engineering notebook.
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