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1st flight
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Bleriot XI
The Bleriot XI was one of the first notable monoplanes to achieve any level of fame. -
TAI Anka
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structural change
structural composites were first used in a aircraft. -
design jet engine
frank whittle draws a design of a jet engine. -
whittle engine
First flight of an aircraft with a Whittle engine took place.
'Nickel-based superalloys', now used in the vast majority of turbine blades in jet engines, were developed.
The autopilot was invented. -
auto landing
researchers that work at the royal aircraft establishment, farnbrough instructed the world's first fully automatic landing of an aircraft. -
planes at airline
british airline BOAC got the frist jet airliner, the De havilland comet wasintroduced -
last piston engine
with the advent of jet age,and the progress operation streamline, piston engines are almost a thing of the past. -
Leslie Phillips developed carbon fibres
British engineer Leslie Phillips developed carbon fibres and went on to build the world's first carbon fibre production line for carbon composites. -
1970s
Researchers at Rolls-Royce developed a method of growing whole turbine blades from a single crystal of suepralloy, allowing the engine to operate at higher temperatures.
A team at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough developed lithium-based aluminium alloys, which are around 10% lighter than standard aluminium.
A team at Cranfield University helped pioneer toughened epoxy resins to make polymer composites stronger. -
info
ICI produced one of the first thermoplastic composites, later pioneered by Westland for use in aircraft.
British Aerospace and GEC Avionics, in collaboration with UK university teams, took up development of the 'fly-by-wire' (FBW) control system.
Researchers at GEC Avionics pioneered 'fly-by-light' control systems based on fibre optics rather than electrical wires. -
build planes
my dad started to build planes -
univesity teams
A University of Birmingham team developed a lighter-burn-resistant' alloy based on titanium for use in aircraft engines.
A University of Cambridge team, in collaboration with Rolls-Royce, developed a 'powder' alloy, allowing engines to be made more cheaply.
Teams from UK universities developed a resin transfer moulding process which automated how composites are put together -
welding development
The welding industures create a process called "Friction Stir Welding which makes welding easier! -
aerospace industry
The UK aerospace industry generated £17 billion of domestic turbover and spent 12.3% of turnover on research and development -
QinetiQ achieve
QinetiQ achieved the world's first automatic landing of a short take-off vertical-landing aircraft on a ship (the HMS Invincible). -
Eurocopter X3 (X Cubed)
The Eurocopter X3 (or simply as the "X-Cubed") is an developmental rotary-wing platform intended to validate a helicopters. -
DARPA Falcon HTV-2
Billed as the "World's Fastest Airplane", the Falcon HTV-2 ("Hypersonic Technology Vehicle") is a long-duration and hypersonic. -
Sukhoi Su-35 (Flanker-E / Super Flanker)
The Sukhoi Su-35 (NATO: "Flanker-E") is a variant of the successful Su-27 "Flanker" family of air superiority aircraft. -
Boeing F-15SE (Silent Eagle)
The Boeing F-15SE "Silent Eagle" is a "stealthified" version of the successful two-seat F-15E "Strike Eagle" debuted in 1988. -
Sopwith Camel
Though the Sopwith Camel (the official designation being Sopwith Biplane F.1) was designed as a replacement for the Sopwith.
