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History of Aviation Flashcards

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Avion III Flying Machine

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Clement Ader

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Vacuum-lifted airship

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Francesco de Lana

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Hot air Balloon

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Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier

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First-manned ascent

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Francois de Pilatre de Rozier and Marquis d’Arlandes

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5
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Hydrogen Balloon

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Jacques Charles

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Employed as observation platforms

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American Civil War

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Used to carry messages

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Franco-Prussian War

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First serious practical and theoretical progress heavier-than-air flight

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George Cayley

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Precursor of the wind tunnel

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Whirling arm

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Made the results of “On Aerial Navigation”

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1809-1810

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Aerial Steam Carriage

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William Samuel Henson

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Miniature steam engine

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Felix du Temple de la Croix

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Two-engine monoplane

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Aleksander Mozhaiskii

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First claim to crack the problem of first powered flight

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Clement Ader

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Prominent advocate of power-centered approach to flight

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Sir Hiram Maxim

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Product of costly four-year project to achieve manned heavier-than-air flight

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Great Aerodrome

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Great Aerodrome

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Samuel Pierpoint Langley

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Great Aerodrome engineer, climbed aboard

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Charles Manly

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First powered flight date

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December 17, 1903

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First powered flight place

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Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

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First powered flight

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Orville and Wilbur Wright

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Golden age of aviation

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1920s and 1930s

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Douglas aircraft company

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General Billy Mitchell

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First round-the-world flight

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Douglas World Cruisers

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Sent two junkers G24s, state-of-theart all-metal trimotor monoplanes, on a 10,000 km flight

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Deutsche Luft Hansa

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First public display of a hot air balloon (date)

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June 1783

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Aerial Steam Carriage (Year)

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1843

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Miniature Steam Engine (year)

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1850s

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Lilienthal designed and built 16 gliders (Year)

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Between 1891-1896

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Great Aerodrome Charles Manly (Year)

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October 7, 1903

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First round the world flight (Year)

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April 1924

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Lufthansa (Year)

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July and August 1926

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