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• History of Flight

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Heavier-Than-Air Craft
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Map Reading

• Learning Outcome 2
• Have an appreciation of the history and
  application of heavier-than-air craft

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Objectives

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

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Heavier-Than-Air Craft

• 1000BC Kites flown in China

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Newtons 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.

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Newtons Third Law

• For every action there is
• an equal and opposite reaction.

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How a Kite Flies
Lift
Total Reaction
Drag
Tension in String
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How a Modern Kite Flies
Lift
Drag
Tension in String
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Free Flight
1804 First Model Glider this lead to the Glider
Above.
Sir George Cayley 27 Dec 1773 15 Dec 1857
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Lack of Power
John Stringfellow 1799 - 1883
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Lack of Power
Otto Lilienthal 23 May 1848 9 Aug 1896
Died in a flying accident.
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Engines
The Otto Cycle
Gottlieb Daimler 17 Mar 1834 6 Mar 1900
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Controlled Flight
The Wright Brothers
17 Dec 1903
Orville Wright 19 Aug 1871 30 Jan 1948
Wilbur Wright 16 Apr 1867 30 May 1912
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Controlled Flight
Louis Bleriot 1 Jul 1872 2 Aug 1936
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Man- Powered Flight
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Man- Powered Flight
Dr Paul McCready 25 Sep 1925 28 Aug 2007
Bryan Allen
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Present Day
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Present Day
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Airbus A380
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Timeline
Design for Flying Machines Leonardo da Vinci 1452
- 1519
Model Gliders Man-Carrying Sir George
Cayley 1773 - 1857
Steam Powered Aircraft John Stringfellow 1799 -
1883
Hang Gliders Otto Lilienthal 1848 - 1896
First Channel Crossing Louis Bleriot 25 Jul 1909
First Powered Flight Wright Brothers 17 Dec 1903
World War 1 Fighters Bombers 1914 - 1918
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Timeline
Development of Light Aviation Civil
Airliners Schneider Trophy, Gliders in Germany,
Monoplane Fighters Bombers 1919 - 1939
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. 1939 - 1945
Present Civil Airliners, Supersonic Fighters and
Bombers Swing Wings High Performance Gliders,
Man Powered Flight, Intercontinental Ballistic
Missiles, Space Travel, Cruise Missiles,
Unmanned Aircraft. 1945 - Present
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ANY QUESTIONS?
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Objectives

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

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Questions

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

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Questions

• Otto Lilienthal is known for?
• Building controllable Gliders, considered to be
  the
• forerunner of the modern hang glider.
• Developing the worlds 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.

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Questions

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

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Questions

• The aircraft that won the 50,000 Kremer prize
  was called?
• Gossamer Condor.
• Wrights Flyer.
• Gossamer Albatross.
• McCreadys Flyer.

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