2.7 - Case Analysis: Glenn Curtiss Adeel Azeem Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Glenn Curtiss, was a one of the pioneer in the field of aviation. He achieved remarkable accomplishments in his life. He loved the field of mechanic's and started as an engine maker for bicycle but his passion was so high that he became an aircraft maker. Curtiss, was the man, who took first officially documented flight.…
Canada’s role in the air proved to be of similar significance as on land. The Battle of Britain was a fight in which Canada used its air force to protect Britain from the air. About 17,000 died, the great majority while serving with Bomber Command in air raids over Germany in an effort to destroy German industry and the morale of the German people. By the end of the day Germany has lost over 60 aircraft and failed to smash the Allied air defenses. Thanks to a determined defense by the Royal Air Force, including many Canadian pilots who had volunteered in 1939, the Germans failed to seize control of the skies.…
Hospitals during the start of the war were set up in whatever buildings that were available, the only requirement was that they were a safe distance from the battlefields. The most usual places hospitals were set up in were buildings, churches, ships, barns and even wagons in the middle of battlefields. Patents were in close quarters at all times which helped spread diseases, the most common were dysentery, malaria, or typhoid. As casualties started to add up doctors realized that they needed more room for patients so, they began to build. Germs weren’t common knowledge in this era, all doctors understood was that fresh air was advocated with good health.…
It has been omitted from history the suffering females experienced during the great war, even though they were close enough to the firing lines to see the true monstrosities of war. It was reported that there were about 9,000 women volunteering in the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), 13,124 female nurses in the Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) (QAIMNS(r)), about 500 women that were part of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), and 82,857 in the women's Voluntary Aid Detachment's (VADs). These women saw indescribable horrors that one cannot even begin to comprehend, with FANY’s moving the mangled bodies of soldiers to hospitals while shells rained down on them. For instance, Their experiences included tremendous violence and physical suffering; their diaries and letters home include descriptions of being fired on by enemy forces, who used the…
As more men were being called on to participate and fight in the war, women stepped up to produce the heavy machinery needed for the war and home to keep the country running. Women learned and did well at men-dominated trades like welding, riveting, and engine repair. Women were an integral role for a victory in the war as they were needed for the production and supply of goods to the troops fighting overseas. It was during this time that women disproved the notion that women were incapable of manual and technical labor. The main reason I left a domestic job to be a part of the factory was based on the fact that wages in munition plants and airplane factories were higher.…
The Wright brothers flight was the first powered airplane flight that was controllable. In 1914 World War I started in Europe with Germany,…
Facts about WW2: World War 2 was the most destructive war in history. It damaged more property, cost more money, and killed more people, and changed the world more than any other war in history. Approximately 1.5 million children died during the Holocaust. The name of the B-29 that bombed Nagasaki was Bock’s Car, named after the the plane’s usual commander, Frederick Bock.…
Known as the human species oldest recreational drug, Ethanol is a colorless, flammable liquid, with a distinct smell, and burns with a blue flame. It has the chemical formula of CH3CH2OH (it's molecular formula) or C2H6O (it's empirical formula), that can also be abbreviated using chemistry notation as EtOH. It has a melting point at -173.2°F , and a boiling point at 173.1°F. Ethanol has many handy uses around the world, in many different places.…
A new type of technology during WW1 is the machine gun. The machine gun was the best new invention during the war. The 1914 machine gun, usually was positioned on a flat tripod. A tripod helped aim more steady and took pressure or weight off the gunners arm. The gunner would not have to hold the gun up, only aim and fire.…
Henry Ford’s Impacts on Mobilization A major start of the automobile was Henry Ford. He always wanted to help make a way for the middle class to have some of the luxuries of the upper class. His way was the Ford car. One of Henry’s greatest quotes from the book Who Was Henry Ford stated “To do for the world more than the world does for you-that is success” (Michael Burgan 61). This was Henry’s overall goal in life and he thoroughly finished it by allowing people to become more mobile and therefore bringing change in the American landscape, paving a way for equality by means of letting any person work for him, and giving the key to the doorway of much easier and efficient transportation.…
World War 2 revolutionized aviation immensely, all countries dedicated a large amount of their funds and time to produce the best planes they could possibly produce for the war. It was established that very early in the war that airplanes would play a critical role. Airframes, avionics, the use of turboprop and jet engines were all introduced during the war. This war caused a huge push towards modern aviation today, and started a golden age for airplanes, which occurred in the 1950’s.…
Napoleon made his troop go from Northern Italy into Austria. John Adams is the first president to live in the White House. 1803 Louisiana Purchase was made.…
The Wright brothers did not necessarily invent the airplane, that idea has been thought off long before their time, but with the available technology at their disposal, they were able to conceive that idea into the public’s perception and therefore reality. No inventor is truly an inventor. The true originator of the idea of the airplane, or any idea or invention, will never be…
The First World War was an extremely devastating conflict, whether it is to the millions who lost their lives or the decimated, crater-ridden landscapes the war left in its wake. The Great War was also a war of technological brilliance, because of the many new types of war technologies and ideas that were brought to light during this conflict. From new rifles to machine guns to airplanes; all of these types of technology, weapons and methods of waging war paved the way for technology and warfare today. Because of technology’s rapid development and the failure of generals adjusting their strategy to it, millions were killed using strategies that were outdated to the technology. Over 37 million people were savagely killed in this long combat…
The technology used in World War 1 set it apart from previous wars. The course of the war determined the investments of the warring nations into technology and ordinances. Millions died needlessly because military and civilian leaders were slow to adapt their old-fashioned strategies and tactics to the new weapons of 1914. New technology made war more horrible and more complex than ever before. The three main technological advancements where firstly, chemical warfare through the use of poison gas, which burned and blistered skin and destroyed the respiratory system as well as having inflicted widespread fear among the soldiers; secondly, the invention of tanks, which were devised to counter the frustrating, stalemate of trench warfare by providing…