L14 Dream of flight Flashcards
Wright brothers’ machines became obsolete
1914
Me 262
world’s first jet fighter1942 first flight1944 in servicemost influential jet aircraft in history
First to survive manned kites
c. 550 AD Yuan Huangtou prisoner, son of emperor
c. 550 AD Yuan Huangtou prisoner, son of emperor
First to survive manned kites
1958in service 1964-1998ramjet/turbojet (hypersonic)fastest operational aircraft
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird
Chinese experiment with manned kites
c. 500 ADChinese were the first to fly
-first powered flight in ‘airplane’-1886 - first aircraft equipped with engine/propeller-1890 - take off in machine based off a bat
Clément Ader
Wilbur and Orville Wright
3 innovations:1. longer narrower wings slightly curved2. control system (updownleftright)3. modern propeller
Flyer III sold to the US army
1909first war plane
11th century monk-jumped from a tower of Malmesbury abbey and died
Elimer of Malmesbury
1908-flights over 1 hour-became famous in france
Flyer III
1952
De Havilland Comet
HeS3
1939first model of aircraft engine
Zeppelin
hydrogen dirigibles1937 - LZ 129 Hindenburg perished
David schwarz
-Croatian, first truly dirigible airship1896 - successfully tested1897 - crashed and died (engine failure)
Heinkel He 178
1939world’s first operational jet planeHeS3 engines
Elimer of Malmesbury
11th century monk-jumped from a tower of Malmesbury abbey and died
world’s first jet fighter1942 first flight1944 in servicemost influential jet aircraft in history
Me 262
1852-first powered flight-French engineer-hydrogen controllable
Henri Giffard
1905 -long distance flights-pilot and one passenger
Flyer II