1. Warm-Up – 11/7 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe why the U.S. felt they did not need to maintain a large military force
Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed.
Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force.
Describe the wartime advances of airplanes during WWII.
What is often referred to as the best fighter of WWII?

2. Questions / Comments

3. Warm-Up – 11/7 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe why the U.S. felt they did not need to maintain a large military force
Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed.
Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force.
Describe the wartime advances of airplanes during WWII.
What is often referred to as the best fighter of WWII?

4. Military Developments
US was certain, with the monopoly of the atomic bomb, no one would dare attack
US felt no need to maintain a large military force

5. Warm-Up – 11/7 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe why the U.S. felt they did not need to maintain a large military force
Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed.
Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force.
Describe the wartime advances of airplanes during WWII.
What is often referred to as the best fighter of WWII?

6. Separate Air Force: Designed to Defend the Nation
In July 1947 with the National Security Act, the Air Force became a separate branch of the military

7. Warm-Up – 11/7 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe why the U.S. felt they did not need to maintain a large military force
Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed.
Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force.
Describe the wartime advances of airplanes during WWII.
What is often referred to as the best fighter of WWII?

8. Separate Air Force: Designed to Defend the Nation
The USAF primary mission was deterrence

9. Warm-Up – 11/7 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe why the U.S. felt they did not need to maintain a large military force
Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed.
Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force.
Describe the wartime advances of airplanes during WWII.
What is often referred to as the best fighter of WWII?

10. Wartime Advances Airplanes improved in: Aircraft design
Instrumentation
Navigation
Electronic systems
Engines
Armor protection

11. Warm-Up – 11/7 – 10 minutes
Utilizing your notes and past knowledge answer the following questions:
Describe why the U.S. felt they did not need to maintain a large military force
Identify the date the United States Air Force was formed.
Discuss the primary mission of the United States Air Force.
Describe the wartime advances of airplanes during WWII.
What is often referred to as the best fighter of WWII?

12. Wartime Advances P-51 often called best fighter of WWII P-51D Mustang
P-40C
Curtiss
Max Weight
11,600 lbs
8,058 lbs
Max Speed
437 mph
345 mph
Max Range
2,300 mph
945 mi
Service Ceiling
41,000 ft
29,500 ft
Rate of Climb
3,500
2,690

13. Questions / Comments

14. THIS DAY IN AVIATION November 7
1907 — The United States Army Signal Corps is allotted $25,000 to procure an airplane.

15. THIS DAY IN AVIATION November 7
1910 — The first use of an airplane to carry commercial freight is the Wright Company's airplane that flies from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio carrying ten bolts of silk to the Morehouse-Martens Company.

16. THIS DAY IN AVIATION November 7
1945 — The first speed record of over 600 mph is established by British pilot Hugh Wilson in a Gloster “Meteor” jet fighter at 606 mph.

17. THIS DAY IN AVIATION November 7
1959 — Discoverer VII satellite is launched into orbit by the United States Air Force.

18. Questions / Comments

19. November 2017 Chap 5 Quiz FLIGHTLINE 5 6 Chapter 5
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 5 6
Chapter 5
Military Developments
Separate Air Force
Wartime Advances 7
Jet Propulsion
“Vengeance Weapons”
Helicopters 8
Berlin Airlift 9
Korean War
Lessons Learned 10
Chap 5 Quiz
FLIGHTLINE 11 12 13
Commercial Aviation
General Aviation 14
Aviation R & D 15
Vietnam War
Phase 1 and 2 16
Phase 3 and 4 17
Chap 5 TEST 18 19 20 21 22
NO SCHOOL 23
THANKSGIVING 24 25 26 27
Chapter 6
Advances in Aeronautics 28 29
Chap 6 TEST 30 1 2

20. Chapter 5 – Aviation: From the Cold War to Desert Storm

21. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify the first U.S. produced jet fighter.
Describe which jet could have changed the outcome of WWII.
Identify the so-called German “vengeance” weapons that were used to terrorize Europe.
Discuss the use of helicopters during World War II.
EQ:
What were the main concerns, militarily and politically, with the Cold War and its implications to aviation development?

22. Video of the Day
F-80 “Shooting Star”

23. Jet Propulsion
Frank Whittle designed the first turbojet engine in 1937
“Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow”
England did not fly first jet aircraft until 1941
DeHavilland Vampire
Gloster Meteor I

24. Jet Propulsion Germany flew the first jet aircraft in Aug 1939
Germany’s first jet was Heinkel HE-178

25. Jet Propulsion
US flew its first jet in (XP-59A) but didn’t produce a jet fighter until 1944
The Lockheed F-80, Shooting Star was the first operational U.S. Jet fighter.

26. Jet Propulsion
Before end of war, Germany had produced 22 different models of jet aircraft.
The most famous jet of WWII was the Messerschmitt ME-262A
1400 produced but only 100 ever used

27. Jet Propulsion
The ME-262A carried four 30-mm cannons and capable of 550 mph
For the Germans it just came too late
If Germany used more they could have changed war

28. “Vengeance Weapons”
V-1 “Buzz Bomb”

29. “Vengeance Weapons” Germany developed two The V-1 and the V-2
The V-1 was:
26 ft long
Speed – 400 mph
Weighed 3,000 lbs
Carried 1,800 lbs of high explosives
It was called the “buzz bomb”
It was noisy and not very accurate

30. “Vengeance Weapons” Between June 1944 & Mar 1945
Over 10,500 V-1s launched against England
1,900 were air launched HE-111 bombers
12,000 more targets in Europe
Most launched from ground ramps
Large and noisy nearly 4,000 were shot down over England by fighter aircraft and ground fire

31. “Vengeance Weapons”
V-2 “German Rocket”

32. “Vengeance Weapons” The V-2 was a rocket- propelled ballistic missile
It carried a 2,000 lbs warhead
Achieved speeds of 3,600 mph
Range of about 220 miles
Altitude of about 100 miles
Over 4,300 launched btwn Sep 1944 & Mar 1945
Over 1,000 fell on England

33. Helicopters Sikorsky R-4 was the first successful military helicopter
Over 400 used in Europe, the Pacific and in the U.S.
April 1944, the R-4 was used to rescue a downed pilot for the first time behind enemy lines
A role for the helicopter that still exists today

34. Questions / Comments

35. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify the first U.S. produced jet fighter.
Describe which jet could have changed the outcome of WWII.
Identify the so-called German “vengeance” weapons that were used to terrorize Europe.
Discuss the use of helicopters during World War II.
EQ:
What were main concerns, militarily and politically, with the Cold War and its implications in aviation development?

36. Jet Propulsion
US flew its first jet in (XP-59A) but didn’t produce a jet fighter until 1944
The Lockheed F-80, Shooting Star was the first operational U.S. Jet fighter.

37. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify the first U.S. produced jet fighter.
Describe which jet could have changed the outcome of WWII.
Identify the so-called German “vengeance” weapons that were used to terrorize Europe.
Discuss the use of helicopters during World War II.
EQ:
What were main concerns, militarily and politically, with the Cold War and its implications in aviation development?

38. Jet Propulsion
Before end of war, Germany had produced 22 different models of jet aircraft.
The most famous jet of WWII was the Messerschmitt ME-262A
1400 produced but only 100 ever used

39. Jet Propulsion
The ME-262A carried four 30-mm cannons and capable of 550 mph
For the Germans it just came too late
If Germany used more they could have changed war

40. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify the first U.S. produced jet fighter.
Describe which jet could have changed the outcome of WWII.
Identify the so-called German “vengeance” weapons that were used to terrorize Europe.
Discuss the use of helicopters during World War II.
EQ:
What were main concerns, militarily and politically, with the Cold War and its implications in aviation development?

41. “Vengeance Weapons” Germany developed two The V-1 and the V-2
The V-1 was:
26 ft long
Speed – 400 mph
Weighed 3,000 lbs
Carried 1,800 lbs of high explosives
It was called the “buzz bomb”
It was noisy and not very accurate

42. “Vengeance Weapons” The V-2 was a rocket- propelled ballistic missile
It carried a 2,000 lbs warhead
Achieved speeds of 3,600 mph
Range of about 220 miles
Altitude of about 100 miles
Over 4,300 launched btwn Sep 1944 & Mar 1945
Over 1,000 fell on England

43. Today’s Mission Requirements
Identify the first U.S. produced jet fighter.
Describe which jet could have changed the outcome of WWII.
Identify the so-called German “vengeance” weapons that were used to terrorize Europe.
Discuss the use of helicopters during World War II.
EQ:
What were main concerns, militarily and politically, with the Cold War and its implications in aviation development?

44. Helicopters Sikorsky R-4 was the first successful military helicopter
Over 400 used in Europe, the Pacific and in the U.S.
April 1944, the R-4 was used to rescue a downed pilot for the first time behind enemy lines
A role for the helicopter that still exists today

45. Questions / Comments

46. Lesson Closure - 3 – 2 - 1
2. List 2 things you have questions about today’s lesson.
3. List 3 things you learned today.
1. Create (1) quiz question with answer about today’s lesson.

47. Questions / Comments

48. SAFETY FIRST.
SAFETY ALWAYS.

49. Safety Rules – Safety Monitor Brief
Must Use Safety Glasses
Use of Cutting tools is Dangerous – AT ALL TIMES – knives only out when cutting
Must Use Cutting Mats
All Areas will remain clean and organized
Plane Captains will insure All Areas will be cleaned and all items put back in proper locations 10 minutes prior to class ending
Class safety monitor will insure areas are clean and safe at all times

50. SAFETY FIRST.
SAFETY ALWAYS.

51. Questions / Comments