1. History of Flight 1 st Class Cadet Training

2. Objectives Appreciate the early efforts made by mankind to fly Display a knowledge of early developments in “Heavier-than-Air” craft Name the significant achievements in powered flight

3. Lighter than Air

4. Hot Air Balloon Hot air is less dense than surrounding air – giving lift Propane gas is used today

5. First Balloon Flight - 1783 Montgolfier Brothers Hot Air Later balloons used hydrogen or helium

6. Airship Development Hydrogen Gas

7. and DISASTER! The Hindenburg 1937

8. Modern Helium Airships – A modest comeback

9. Heavier than Air

10. Air supports the weight of the kite

11. Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) “flapping wings” Design

12. Sir George Cayley – 1 st Model Glider - 1804

13. First manned gliders – Otto Lilienthal (1848-1896)

14. Modern Hang Glider

15. Gossamer Condor – Man Powered Glider - 1977

16. Wright Brothers – First Powered Flight 1903

17. First Cross Channel Flight – 1909

18. Louis Bleriot Looking VERY worried before his epic flight!

19. The Air Race across the Atlantic - 1919

20. First Flight Across the Atlantic Captain Brown & Lieutenant Alcock 1919

21. Vickers Vimy After landing in Ireland

22. First Solo Flight across Atlantic - 1927

24. Amy Johnson First Solo Flight by a Woman to Australia in 1930

25. RAF wins Speed Record 1931 (407.5 mph) in the Schneider Trophy races Supermarine S6b

26. The Schneider Trophy – won for the third and final time in 1931 by the Great Britain team

27. R J Mitchell – Spitfire Designer

28. Spitfire Sculpture – Castle Vale, Birmingham

29. Sikorsky Helicopter - 1939

30. Development of the Jet Engine – Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle OM KBE CB FRS

31. First RAF jet aircraft Gloster E28/39 first flight in 1941

32. Meteor vs. V1 “Doodlebug”

33. 1947 - General Chuck Yeager breaks the Sound Barrier in the Bell X1

34. De Havilland Comet – First Jet Airliner 1949

35. Boeing 747 – “Jumbo Jet”

36. First and only supersonic jet airliner - Concorde

37. The New “Super Jumbo” Airbus A380

38. Harrier GR7 – VSTOL “Jump Jet”

40. Objectives Appreciate the early efforts made by mankind to fly Display a knowledge of early developments in Heavier-than-Air craft Name the significant achievements in powered flight

41. Questions?

42. Questions Name the brothers who first flew in a hot air balloon What did the Wright brothers achieve? Who was the first pilot to fly across the English Channel? Which aircraft first flew across the Atlantic? Who invented the jet engine?

43. Questions What are the main disadvantages with hydrogen-filled airships? Which airship burst into flames in 1937? Name the much safer gas used in modern airships Describe the contribution to aviation made by Sir George Cayley and Otto Von Lilienthal

44. Questions Which trophy was won outright by the RAF in 1931? In what year was the first man-powered flight made? Who designed the Spitfire? Who was the first man to break the sound barrier? Who was the first woman to fly solo to Australia?