Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byLauren Little Modified over 8 years ago
1
Kayla Johansen Annie Trojacek Introduction to Engineering and Design September 2012
2
Infatuated with flying Studied birds Mocked birds
3
Glider Ornihopter Helicopter Parachute
4
Samuel Pierpont Langley Model with combustion engine Prototype
5
Dayton, Ohio Owners of bicycle repair shop 1903 in North Carolina Success “No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping.” - Orville Wright
6
Large improvements Quick production Large military use Metal Plane: Junkers J4
7
Charles Lindbergh New York to Paris “The Spirit of St. Louis”
8
Atlantic Ocean Amelia Earhart Wales landing National Geographic Award in 1932 for solo flight Ireland 1928
9
1933 1935 1937 1939 1950’s 1969
10
B2 Bomber Stealth Bomber Spirit Bomber Northrop Grumman
11
Solar powered plane 24 hour flight
12
“The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.” – Orville Wright
13
The wright brothers biography page. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://wrightbrothers.info/biography Airplane timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728 Leonardo da vinci flying machine - the flight of genius. (2009, June 02). Retrieved from http://www.leonardo-da-vinci- biography.com/leonardo-da-vinci-flying-machine.html Wwi. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Aerospace/WWi/Aero 5G1.htm (n.d.). Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Johansen, P. (2012, September 18). Personal interview.
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.