1 - History of Civil Air Transport Flashcards
(16 cards)
Who discovered the principles of manned flight?
Sir George Cayley
What are the principles of manned flight?
- Generation of lift required
- Generation of thrust required
- Air vehicle needs to be dynamically stable and controllable
- Light-weight construction
- Separating the forces of the air into lift and drag
- Independent optimization of air vehicle subsystems
Otto Lilienthal developed what? when?
Normalsegelapparat (1894)
Wright-Flyer: What was the milestone? when?
First sustained flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft carrying an adult human (1903)
What was the first turbojet aircraft?
He 178 - first turbojet aircraft (1939)
Me 262 - first jet-powered fighter aircraft (1942)
First commercial jetliner?
De Havilland Comet (1949)
First widebody?
Boeing 747 (1969)
When was the first flight of the concorde?
1969
What are the best-selling commercial aircrafts ever built? how many units (as of August 2024)?
Boeing 737 - 11861 units (1967)
Airbus A320 - 11618 units (1987)
Largest civil transport aircraft ever built?
Airbus A280 (2005)
Which aircrafts first use ~50% composite materials? when?
Boeing 787 (2009)
Airbus A350 (2013)
What was so special about the Bombardier C-Series (A220)?
first commercial airliner to use a geared-turbofan propulsion system
5 Areas of Technological progress in civil air transport
Generation of Lift
Propulsion
Light-Weight construction
Automation
Navigation
2 Aspects of Generation of Lift
Airfoil design - pressure difference between upper and lower surface of wing
Wing design
2 Main ways of generating thrust
Mechanical acceleration of fluid
Thermal acceleration of fluid
Examples of Automation
Automatic flight guidance (autopilot)
Flight management system (FMS)
Full authority digital engine control (FADEC)
