Wright brothers

Charles Lindbergh flying the first transatlantic flight never imagined how important flying would become after that famous flight. Many Americans saw Charles Lindbergh as an American vision. The name Charles Lindbergh and invigorating aviation flyer, an American dreamer, had his dream come true and saw it realised and revolutionised in the future and then. He came into the world on February 4th, 1902 in Detroit, Michigan. He is the son of Charles August and Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh. He…

The United States of America is notorious for being a land where opportunities abound and dreams come true. It is common to hear stories of great Americans who ascended from the clutches of poverty and amassed great wealth, because they had a dream and pursued it. They did not allow their circumstances, no matter how daunting, to overshadow their ambitions of success. Richard Ira Bong is a perfect example of such an American. He was simply a farm boy with a deep longing to fly airplanes. He…

but wrote detailed notes and drawings that demonstrated exactly how the device should function. His inspiration probably came from studying the seeds of the Maple Tree. Personally, I remember being fascinated as a little kid with these seeds. My brother and I would throw them in the air and watch them spiral, trying to catch them before they hit the ground. So what would happen if the seed could rise when…

Wiley Hardeman Post was a prominent American pilot born on November 22, 1898. He was from Maysville, Oklahoma and became one of the world’s most famous aviators in the 1930s. He set a record and became the first person to complete a flight around the world solo. Overcoming personal tragedy, Post refused to let this interfere with his love for flying. In addition to his airspeed records, he also invented the pressurized flight suit and discovered the jet stream. Throughout his lifetime, although…

The pioneer that has been chosen is Howard Hughes. He was born in december 24, 1905 and was largely known for being wealthy and reclusive. As he grew older, Hughes built a passion for aviation, he created an aviation company and like to live a dangerous life. He frequently tested his own planes and tried to break the air speed record. While trying to break the air speed record, he discovered that the planes he was using was not fast enough and he made his own race plane called the Hughes H-1. it…

Although some of these development programs did not directly contribute to fuel saving during the two oil crises, the invaluable technological breakthroughs from radical research projects like this allowed future improvements to be made, and are seen everywhere today equipping the most advanced, efficient aircrafts ever produced. In other words, companies involved in these programs absorbed the innovations from these projects and used them in the next generation of aircrafts. General Electric…

In his first book, John Wilkins wrote "Yet I do seriously and on good grounds affirm it possible to make a flying chariot in which a man may sit and give such a motion unto it as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry diverse men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum and commodities for traffic. It is not the bigness of anything in this kind that can hinder its motion, if the motive faculty be answerable thereunto. We see a great…

Affirmation- “A new kind of modern-day hero had been born. Poets and artists alike now identified the aviator with a list of familiar flying personalities, including Arabian princes on flying carpets, Perseus and his winged sandals, Wagner's flying Valkyries, Icarus, and countless angels and archangels.” The idea of aviation and pilots as the new heroes during World War 1 resonated me. In the current world, aviation is not big of a deal anymore and many of us don’t appreciate it as much as it…

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…

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.…