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Wright Brothers Fly Have The First Successful Flight At Kitty Hawk
The Wright Brothers Wilbur and Orville had been working on gliders in Kitty Hawk North Carolina from 1900 to 1902 and then they realized that engines and would work better, by December 17, 1903 they flew it four times with a total distance of 1,500 feet. There planes skeleton was made of spruce and it's wings were made of canvas. -
Louie Bleriot Crosses English Channel
On July 25 Louie Bleriot crossed the English Channel. It was not his first attempt, he had failed before. His plane had a wingspan of 7.79 meters and a top speed of 76 km/h he called it the Broiler XI. -
The First Aircraft Takes Flight From Ship
Eugene Ely was the first pilot to take of from a ship, the plane flew a quarter mile and he was flying in a Curtiss Biplane. -
Lawrence Sperry Creates Lightweight Adaptable Gyrocompass
Lawrence's father Elmer Sperry was an American inventor and had created the gyrocompass to be use in ships and military purposes. Lawrence made the gyrocompass lighter so that you could put it into aircraft and always have a scene of direction. It was also used as and auto pilot. -
The Start Of the War Made Country's Get To Work On Creating New Aircrafts
Country's made breathtaking advancements in the control, design, thrust, aerodynamics, speed, and attitude. -
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics Is Founded
The NACA was an organisation that devoted time and resources to the study of aeronautics and made advancements in airplanes for the USA. -
Synchronization Gear Is Applied To Aircraft's
The British were the first with machine guns on their planes but the Germans were the first to have machine guns on their planes that didn't shoot off their propeller. This was a big step for air combat. The Synchronization Gear worked from taking the crank shot of the propeller and the machine gun and connecting them with cam plate and then the machine gun would fire through the open spaces when the propeller is spinning. -
The Sopwith Triplane Is Created Giving Britain The Upper Hand In The War
The Sopwith Triplane was created by Sopwith Aviation Company two years into World War One. The plane had 3 wings and a wingspan of 8 meters. The Sopwith Triplane also had a 176 Km/h top speed. This plane shows just how much faster, more powerful, and over all better airplanes got after just a couple of years into the war. -
Hugo Junkers Makes Junkers J4 Aircraft
Hugo Junkers was a German mechanics professor. He created the first all metal aircraft. The body had to stay light enough so that it would make it off the ground but not to light weight so that it could not withstand the elements. The plane was made with an aluminium alloy called duralumin. Duralumin is a super light but really hard metal. It is made of 1% manganese,0.5%-1% magnesium, 4% copper, and 90% aluminium. -
Airmail Services Is Inaugurated
The airplanes were first used in the mail service to go from New York to Philadelphia to Washington DC. This route was done 6 days a week and was 218 miles. The airmail service lasted about 4 months, until the US Postal Service took over and used their own planes and pilots.
