Aircraft

Charles Lindbergh, the man that is responsible for the first flight from New York to Paris, has a very interesting career behind his belt. After his first year in college, he dropped out to become an engineer. Over time, while becoming more and more interested in flight, he was eventually brought in by a stuntman named Erol Baugh who taught him how to fly. After a length of time being a stuntman and flying the plane, he attended the U.S. Army Flying Corp in 1924, where he was top of his class.…

Patrick Conroy October 16th, 2014 Principles of Engineering Independent research project Jet Aircraft vs. Propeller Aircraft While hybrid engines and electric cars have begun to change the way we travel, the airplane still remains the fastest and most efficient way of travelling long distances. The 1903 invention of the airplane has kept relatively the same principle. During its hundred plus years the idea has only experienced several major advancements. The most notable of these being the jet…

Skydiving is a group organized and professionally guided sporting activity that involves individuals jumping from an aircraft, at a high altitude with parachutes and performing several acrobatic maneuvers during free fall before safely landing on the ground with the help of the parachutes. The free fall flights, which give people rests and restores them from work as a kind of recreation, stimulate people’s passion of lives and become parts of their wonderful memories. Jumping out of the airplane…

for the creation, development, and implementation of weapons of all kinds, as any history buff knows. This makes it a fascinating period to study for nearly any weapons enthusiast. One particular area that was greatly pioneered during the war was aircraft. Most air forces at the outset of the war were still flying World War One vintage along with a few slightly newer models developed in the Twenties and Thirties. The only air force that had begun developing newer planes was the German Luftwaffe.…

: In a true act of heroism, Navy Blue Angel pilot died reportedly maneuvering his aircraft away from an apartment building before it crashed. Article: On the same day, two jets from the military's premier flight, demonstration squadrons, the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds, crashed. One pilot survived, but the other died reportedly maneuvering his aircraft away from an apartment building before it crashed. Now some are asking are these elite fighter jets a threat to safety, and should they be…

U.S. Navy for a new carrier-based fighter plane in 1938. The Chance Vought Aircraft Engineering department submitted two designs in hopes of securing the contract, which were the V-166A and V-166B. The latter made the cut due to its utilization of a new Pratt & Whitney air cooled, two-staged…

Drones started about ten years ago in February of 2002. They were first used to track other people and also unknown places that might have missiles or other heavy equipment. The CIA were the first people to use the first drone. THat means the military didn’t make it. The CIA was the first people to work with the drones and make changes to them as years passed. The first person to make the first drone was Reginald Denny. He served in the military. The war he served in was World War 1. He said he…

and Bomber Aircraft of WWII During World War II, aviation firmly established itself as an important part of warfare. Countries taking part in WWII quickly learned that dominating the air meant winning the war. Before WWII, most of the strategies for air warfare were mainly theoretical, since WWI had little effective air warfare, and most air to air combat at the time was primitive. Fighter aircraft are military aircraft which are designed mostly for air to air combat against other aircraft; to…

The Fathers of Modern Aviation were born in the heart of the American Midwest in 1867 and 1871. Their names were Orville and Wilbur Wright, two brothers that would go on to build and fly the first airplane. Their parents, Milton and Susan, were of English and German ancestry. Orville and Wilbur were just two of the seven children born into the Wright family. Orville was the second youngest and Wilbur was born just before him. Orville was quite mischievous in school and often got in trouble,…

were tour guiding and aircraft maintenance. However, I was not interested to become a tour guide at first because I did not like talking English with strangers. Museum director encouraged me that I should overcome my weakness, so I accepted the challenge. At first, I often spoke slowly to tourists and sometimes had to repeat. Through a period of time, I generally became confidence in speaking English in front of people. In aircraft maintenance, I had chances to work on aircraft maintenance with…