1. CHAPTER 1-4 WORLD POWER

2. MAIN POINTS  DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR  PROGRESS IN FLIGHT

3. DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR  SUBMARINES  DESTROYERS (STEAM TORPEDO)  NAVAL GUNNERY  1903 SPRINGFIELD, ‘45  BREECHLOADING, RECOILLESS, SMOKELESS MILITARY TECHNOLOGY

4. DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR  MILITIA ACT OF 1903 - NATIONAL GUARD  DRILL, ANNUAL TRAINING, FUNDS  REGULAR ARMY AUTHORIZED 100K  ARMY AERONAUTICAL DIVISION (1907) AND ARMY AVIATION (1914) MILITARY FORCES

5. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS  THE WRIGHT BROTHERS  FIRST TO SHOW SUSTAINED CONTROLLED POWERED HEAVIER-THAN-AIR

6. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  IDEAL CONDITIONS  FIRST PRACTICAL POWER PLANT  APTITUDES/ATTITUDES  FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF OTHERS (LILIENTHAL, CHANUTE, ETC)

7. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  OCTOBER 1900 - FIRST GLIDER  TETHERED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT

8. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  JULY 1901 - LARGER GLIDER  CONTROL PROBLEMS

9. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  SEPTEMBER 1902 - THIRD GLIDER  DRAG PROBLEMS  OCTOBER 1902 - RETURNED W/1000+ FLIGHTS

12. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  BUILT AN ENGINE  TWO COUNTER- ROTATING PROPS  RETURNED TO N.C. SEPTEMBER 1903

13. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  DECEMBER 14  WILBUR FIRST  DECEMBER 17  ORVILLE SUCCEEDS

14. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  FIRST FLIGHT - 12 SECONDS; 120 FEET  FINAL FLIGHT - 59 SECONDS, 852 FEET

15. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT WRIGHT BROTHERS  SO WHAT???  LITTLE RECOGNITION IN THE U.S.  GREAT BRITAIN WANTED TO BUY  PATENT AWARDED 22 MAY 1906  SIGNAL CORPS SPECIFICATION NUMBER 486 AWARDED 23 DEC 1907

16. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT SIGNAL CORPS SPECIFICATION # 486  SPEED OF 40 MPH  COULD CARRY TWO PEOPLE (350#)  FUEL FOR 125 MILES  CONTROLLABLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS  1 HOUR ENDURANCE W/TURNAROUND  SIMPLE STARTING DEVICE  LAND IN A FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE  TRAIN TWO PILOTS

17. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT FURTHER WRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS  SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY ON 10 FEB 1908  14 MAY 1908 - FIRST PASSENGER FLIGHT!  DELIVERED FIRST PLANE TO THE ARMY 20 AUG 1908  FIRST FATALITY 17 SEP 1908  LT THOMAS SELFRIDGE

18. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT OTHER SIGNFICANT EVENTS  GLENN CURTISS (FASTEST MAN ON EARTH) BUILT ENGINE THAT POWERED FIRST U.S. DIRIGIBLE FOUNDED AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION (W/ A.G. BELL) JUNE BUG MADE FIRST 1 KILOMETER FLIGHT

19. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT OTHER SIGNFICANT EVENTS  BLANCHE STUART SCOTT - FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO SOLO  2 SEP 1910 – “OOPS!”  HARRIET QUIMBY - FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN WITH PILOT’S LICENSE  1 JUL 1912 - “FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT!”  CALBRAITH PERRY ROGERS - FIRST TO CROSS THE U.S. BY AIR  49 DAYS (30 FOR THE PRIZE)

20. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS  ROBERT ESNAULT-PELTERIE - BUILT GLIDER REPLACING WING WARPING WITH AILERONS (1904)  LOUIS BLERIOT - FIRST MONOPLANE

21. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS  FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIR MEET HELD 22-28 AUG 1909  SEVERAL CRASHES AMONG 36 PARTICIPANTS

22. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS  LOUIS BREGUET - FIRST HELICOPTER TO CARRY A PERSON (1907)  SEGUIN BROTHERS - THE GNOME (RADIAL/AIR-COOLED ENGINE)  SHORT BROTHERS - FIRST MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT (18 SEP 1911)  IGOR SIKORSKY - FIRST FOUR-ENGINE AIRCRAFT (1913)

23. PROGRESS IN FLIGHT RAPID GROWTH  IN 1911:  FRANCE - 353 PILOTS  BRITAIN - 57 PILOTS  GERMANY - 46 PILOTS  ITALY - 32 PILOTS  BELGIUM - 27 PILOTS  U.S. - 26 PILOTS  EUROPE - MANY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES  U.S. - AIRCRAFT MADE BY HAND

24. QUESTIONS????