History of Aviation

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The Idea of FlightOrigin of man’s desire to fly unknown

Early legends of men strapping wings to the arms and jumping off towers

Earliest know aircraft built by man – kite

Made around 5th Century B.C in China

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The RenaissanceMost notable was Leonardo da Vinci Studies on bird flight and aerodynamics Wrote and sketched many designs for man powered flying

machines

One of Leonardo’s Sketches

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Lighter than Air1783 was the year for balloon aviation

Between June and December five aviation firsts achieved in France

In October the first manned flights were made

In 1884 the first controlled

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Heavier than AirThroughout the 1800s fixed-wing designs were made

Steam powered machines were thought of in the mid-1800s

Félix du Temple achieved liftoff under the machines own power

People thought steam power was too unreliable

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The Wright BrothersThe Wright Brothers first built gliders

Made their own designs

Built their own internal combustion engine

Achieved historic flight on December 17, 1903

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Military UseAs soon as planes were made, military was

involved

Italy was first to use the plane for armed forces

Used for bombing and reconnaissance

It wasn’t long before planes were shooting each other

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World War IIWorld War II had lots of aircraft

advancements

Improved design, helicopters were in production

The Nazis devolved the first jet fighters

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Postwar After the war commercial transport increased

The first jet airliners were made

Mass commercial transport increased

Dubbed the Jet Age

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SupersonicIn October 1947 the sound barrier was

broken

In the 1960s the “Blackbird” became the fastest manned aircraft

It had a speed of over 1,000 mph

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PresentThe 21st century had no design revolutions

Instead it saw electronic improvements and material technologies

Unmanned aircraft are in further development

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In Closing Kites-Earliest know aircraft Leonardo designed flying machines Wright Brothers fly powered aircraft first Military used aircraft for combat Germany developed the first jet fighters After World War II commercial Jet transport was available