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History of Flight
Revision 1.00

2. Heavier-Than-Air Craft

3. Map Reading
Learning Outcome 2: Have an appreciation of the history and application of heavier-than-air craft

4. Objectives
Describe the evolution of manned flight from kites to gliders to powered aircraft.
2. Explain why kites fly.

5. Heavier-Than-Air Craft
1000BC Kites flown in China

6. Newton’s First Law Every body continues in its state of rest
or steady motion in a straight line
unless the forces on it do not balance.

7. Newton’s Third Law For every action there is
an equal and opposite reaction.

8. How a Kite Flies Lift Total Reaction Drag Airflow Deflected
Tension in String

9. How a Modern Kite Flies Lift Total Reaction Airflow Deflected
(Higher Pressure)
Low Pressure
Drag
Tension in String

10. Free Flight 1804 First Model Glider this lead to the Glider Above.
Sir George Cayley
27 Dec 1773 – 15 Dec 1857

11. Lack of Power
John Stringfellow

12. Lack of Power 23 May 1848 – 9 Aug 1896 Died in a flying accident.
Otto Lilienthal
23 May 1848 – 9 Aug 1896
Died in a flying accident.

13. Engines
The ‘Otto’ Cycle
Gottlieb Daimler
17 Mar 1834 – 6 Mar 1900

14. Controlled Flight 17 Dec 1903 19 Aug 1871 – 30 Jan 1948
The Wright Brothers
17 Dec 1903
Orville Wright
19 Aug 1871 – 30 Jan 1948
Wilbur Wright
16 Apr 1867 – 30 May 1912

15. Controlled Flight
Louis Bleriot
1 Jul 1872 – 2 Aug 1936

16. Man- Powered Flight

17. Man- Powered Flight 25 Sep 1925 – 28 Aug 2007 Dr Paul McCready
Bryan Allen

18. Present Day

19. Present Day
Boeing 787
Dreamliner
Airbus
A380

20. Timeline Design for Flying Machines Leonardo da Vinci 1452 - 1519
Model Gliders & Man-Carrying
Sir George Cayley
Hang Gliders
Otto Lilienthal
Steam Powered Aircraft
John Stringfellow
First Powered Flight
Wright Brothers
17 Dec 1903
First Channel Crossing
Louis Bleriot
25 Jul 1909
World War 1
Fighters & Bombers

21. ? Timeline Development of Light Aviation – Civil Airliners
Schneider Trophy, Gliders in Germany, Monoplane Fighters & Bombers
WORLD War 2 - High Powered Fighters and Heavy Bombers
Early Jet Fighters, Rocket Fighters in Germany, Swept Wings in Germany, Early Jet Reconnaissance Aircraft and Bombers in Germany, Long Range Rockets in Germany, The Atomic Bomb.
Present Civil Airliners, Supersonic Fighters and Bombers
Swing Wings – High Performance Gliders, Man Powered Flight, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, Space Travel, Cruise Missiles, Unmanned Aircraft.
Present ?

22. ANY QUESTIONS?

23. Objectives
Describe the evolution of manned flight from kites to gliders to powered aircraft.
2. Explain why kites fly.

24. Questions Who is thought to have produced the first Model Glider
in 1804?
Wright Brothers.
Sir George Cayley.
Louis Bleriot.
John Stringfellow.

25. Questions Otto Lilienthal is known for?
Building controllable Gliders, considered to be the
forerunner of the modern hang glider.
Developing the world’s first single cylinder internal
combustion engine.
c. Flying non-stop from London to Paris for the first time.
Building the first heavier-than-air powered aircraft
large enough to carry a man.

26. Questions Who was the first person to fly a powered aircraft
across the English Channel?
Orville Wright.
Bryan Allen.
Wilbur Wright.
Louis Bleriot.

27. Questions The aircraft that won the £50,000 Kremer prize was called?
Gossamer Condor.
Wright’s Flyer.
Gossamer Albatross.
McCready’s Flyer.