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History of Aviation
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Did amilia Earhart know any othere famous people?
Amelia knew many famous people, Eleanor Roosevelt, Capt. Hilton H. Railey, Wilmer Stultz, Amy Phipps Guest, Gore Vidal and many more.
What did people of the byzantine empire call themselves?
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
The Byzantines or the eastern citizens of the Roman empire considered themselves Roman.
Are zeppelins still built today?
Airships today are used for advertising and carrying TV cameras to film large special events like auto races.
Who was the person who first flew an airplane driven by a motor?
His Name was Orville Wright..he drove it for 12 seconds in 1903
The Wright brothers flew the first motored aircraft so the answer would be wright
The Hindenburg was not a plane; it was an airship, a type of balloon. It was filled with highly combustible Hydrogen instead of inert Helium; so when a static electric charge set of a spark as it was landing in Lakehurst, New Jersey, it exploded and went up in flames in a matter of minutes.
What happened at Amelia Earhart's last flight?
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to pilot a non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared on July 2, 1937, during her attempt to fly around the globe. She was legally declared dead on Jan. 5, 1939, but nobody knows precisely what happened to her. In the years since her disappearance, researchers have posited a number of theories, some of which are more credible than others.
Let’s look at a few possible explanations:
1. She ran out of fuel and crashed near Howland Island.For decades, this was the most commonly accepted scientific theory for Earhart’s disappearance. At 7:42 a.m. local time on July 2, 1937, Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, contacted the Coast Guard center at Howland Island, a coral island located about 1,650 miles southwest of Honolulu.
“We must be on you, but cannot see you—but gas is running low,” she said. “Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet.”
About an hour later, she sent her final verified transmission:
“We are on the line 157-337. We will repeat this message. We will repeat this on 6210 kilocycles. Wait.”
Since Earhart stopped broadcasting at this point, it’s logical to conclude that for some reason, she and her navigator could not find the island and ran out of fuel looking for it. Noonan would have been using celestial navigation (in other words, the position of the stars) to determine their position; had he not made proper adjustments when the plane crossed the International Date Line, the flight plan could have been 60 nautical miles off course.
Noonan was one of the best navigators in the world, but he might have been severely fatigued from the flight’s rigorous schedule. If he’d made a slight error, the plane would be lost.
2. She made it to an uninhabited island, but died there.In 2012, researchers from The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery (TIGHAR) presented a study that made the case that Earhart survived her plane crash—and sent distress signals via radio.
"Amelia Earhart did not simply vanish on July 2, 1937. Radio distress calls believed to have been sent from the missing plane dominated the headlines and drove much of the U.S. Coast Guard and Navy search," Ric Gillespie, executive director of TIGHAR, told Discovery News.
"When the search failed, all of the reported post-loss radio signals were categorically dismissed as bogus and have been largely ignored ever since.”
The study concluded that about half of the 120 reported distress signals were credible.
"The results of the study show a body of evidence which might be the forgotten key to the mystery. It is the elephant in the room that has gone unacknowledged for nearly 75 years," Gillespie said.
TIGHAR’s Earhart Project theorizes that Earhart landed safely but died on an uninhabited island called Nikumaroro in the South Pacific while waiting for rescue. The project has combed Nikumaroro since 1989, collecting artifacts like possible aircraft wreckage, a 1930s makeup box, and shoe remnants—but never anything conclusive. They believe that Earhart died at a makeshift campsite and that remains found on the island in 1940 could be hers.
3. She was captured by Japanese forces.Proponents of this theory believe that Noonan and Earhart were captured by the Japanese military, and that the aviators were either executed or sentenced to die in work camps during World War II.
In 2017, a photograph from the National Archives went viral. According to descriptions accompanying the image, it was taken by a person spying on the Japanese for the United States. The photo appears to show two white Americans: a woman with a short haircut and a man. Take a look at the person sitting on the dock.
The History Channel ran a special on the photograph, which included facial recognition expert Kent Gibson claiming there was “very convincing evidence" that the photo shows Earhart and Noonan.
Others were less convinced—including Gillespie, who strongly supports the Nikumaroro theory.
“Let's use our heads for a moment,” he told the BBC. “It's undated. They think it's from 1937. Okay. If it's from July 1, 1937 then it can't be Amelia, because she hadn't taken off yet.”
“If it's from 1935 or 1938 it can't be her. …This photograph has to have been taken within a very narrow window—within a couple of days of when she disappeared.”
Gillespie also notes that the photo doesn’t show Japanese soldiers in uniform, and that the photo doesn’t closely resemble other photographs of Earhart. Another key piece of evidence: The people in the photo are dressed in clothes that Earhart and Noonan would not have had on the trip.
"Everything about this is wrong," Gillespie said. "I'm astounded."
Kota Yamano, a military history blogger, finally put this theory to rest in July 2017. After a fairly simple web search, Yamano found that the image first appeared in a Japanese-language travelogue of the South Seas—and it was published in 1935, years before Earhart and Noonan disappeared.
4. She faked her own death and assumed another identity.This is one of the many conspiracy theories surrounding Earhart’s disappearance. We won’t waste time addressing every single theory—some of which involve aliens, ghosts, and interdimensional travel—but the idea that Earhart faked her own death seemed at least somewhat plausible to the National Geographic Channel, which aired a 2006 episode of its Undiscovered History series investigating this premise.
The theory came from the book Amelia Earhart Lives by Joe Klaas and Major Joseph Gervais, who make the case that Earhart survived her flight, moved to New Jersey, and assumed the identity of Irene Bolam, a banker.
The claim was patently untrue. Other researchers looked into Bolam’s past and found a wealth of evidence proving that she wasn’t Earhart—she hadn’t suddenly started her life when Earhart disappeared, and National Geographic hired a forensic expert who showed many substantial facial differences between the two women.
Bolam filed a lawsuit for $1.5 million against the publisher and authors of Amelia Earhart Lives (court records suggest that the parties reached a private settlement), and McGraw-Hill withdrew the book from circulation.
So, what really happened?Unless scientists find Earhart’s plane—or other smoking gun evidence—we’ll probably never know. However, we can rule out some theories, and the Nikumaroro theory seems especially plausible, given current evidence.
"It's such an iconic mystery, and people hold on to that mystery," Gillespie told USA Today. "They love the mystery."
Why was the first airplane flight so important to history?
A 'first' in any new field is very important to history. - This is my interpretation of what 'history' is all about. Aviation was then an exciting new development that mankind had wanted for years, so naturally the real first flight was incredible news.
There are two sets of wings on a biplane. There is an upper and a lower wing set.
What is a dangerous gas used in old zeppelins?
There are no modern Zeppelins. -There are 'blimps' which are different construction. Zeppelins and many other airships of the 1920' s to 40's were 'dirigibles', meaning they had metal frames with a fabric covering and gas bags inside.
Blimps, such as those used during WW2 and even now as the Goodyear blimps are a rubberised fabric gasbag with no solid internal frame. They all use helium gas now.
First airplane to be used during a war was?
The German Aviatik B1 was possibly the first aeroplane used in WW1 to survey French troop movements in the first month of war.
What were the major event in Amelia Earharts life?
Her solo flights from Hawaii to Oakland and from Canada to Ireland were very major eventss to her personally.
When was the first all metal air plane built?
the wright brothers started research and development of the plane in 1899 and took the first flight in 1903.
Why is the red baron important to your history?
He was amongst the first aces in air battles and conflicts
Who piloted the first airplane flight Orville Wright or Wilbur?
Technically the first test of the plane Wilbur Wright flew the plane then when they thought they fixed the plane Orville Wright flew it so he can show everyone what he and his brother built.
Orville and Wilbur tossed a coin to decide who would take up the first flight, and Orville Wright won the toss and flew the world's first airplane, THE FLYER.
This answer is wrong, the first controlled flight was performed in France prior to any of the Wight brothers, by Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos Dumont, for whom the local airport in Rio is named.
What did Amelia Earhart do to became famous?
Amelia Earhart's life was remarkable because she was known as the first woman to attempt to fly across the Atlantic. She also was the first woman to buy an airport, which allowed her to inspire more women pilots to join the industry.
What was the Hindenburg air ship used for?
The airship LZ-129 Hindenburg was used for passenger, mail, and freight transportation, mainly between Germany and the United States, with additional flights between Germany and South America. Hindenburg was the fastest way for passengers and mail to cross the Atlantic at the time; the airship crossed the ocean in 2-1/2 days, as compared to the 5 days required by the fastest transatlantic ocean liners.
Although designed for passenger and mail transportation, the Hindenburg was also sometimes used as a propaganda tool by the government of Nazi Germany. For example, one of the ship's first flights was a propaganda flight in support of the March 29, 1936 referendum on the remilitarization of the Rhineland, and the ship made politically-motivated appearances above the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and the 1936 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg.
Source: www.Airships.net
Who developed the first known principles of flight?
it was Sir George cayley..
he was the first person to fly a successful glider and also first to actually understand aerodynamic forces(lift and drag).he also designed an aircraft structure which had a fuselage ,wings,tail (much before the wright bros.)
basically, an aircraft flies due to change in pressure distribution above and below the wings.
this pressure distribution concept was already there and it was given by bernoulli.
as air is also a fluid ,the concepts which apply for hydrostatic and dynamic systems also apply for air.
What was the first airplane flew for a flight?
The Kitty Hawk, flown by the Wright brothers, was the first aircraft or airplane to ever take flight.
The Wright brothers first successful powered aircraft was named the " Wright Flyer 1" , not the Kittyhawk. It also was NOT the first aircraft or airplane to ever take flight ! -Many others flew before, just not so long and successfully under control.
Who invented the first airplane that successfully flew?
Designs for winged flight go back to Ancient Egypt.
Si George Cayley built and launched manned gliders around 1849.
The first powered aeroplane to make a flight was built by Orville and Wilbur Wright. On 17 December 1903 near Kittyhawk, North Carolina, Orville piloted the "Wright Flyer" in a flight of 120 feet in 12 seconds, at a speed of 6.8 miles per hour.
When was the Lancester bomber made?
1941. The Avro Lancaster was a British four-engine Second World War bomber aircraft made initially by Avro for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley-Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF and squadrons from other Commonwealth and European countries serving within RAF Bomber Command. The Lanc or Lankie, as it became affectionately known, became the most famous and most successful of the Second World War night bombers, delivering 608,612 tons of bombs in 156,000 sorties. Although the Lancaster was primarily a night bomber, it excelled in many other roles including daylight precision bombing, and gained worldwide renown as the Dam Buster used in the 1943 Operation Chastise raids on Germany's Ruhr Valley dams.
The origins of the Lancaster lie in a twin-engined bomber design submitted to meet Specification P.13/36, which was for a new generation of twin-engined medium bombers for worldwide use, the engine specified as the Rolls-Royce Vulture. The resulting aircraft was the Avro Manchester, which, although a capable aircraft, was troubled by the unreliability of the Vulture. Only 200 Manchesters were built and they were withdrawn from service in 1942.
Avro's chief designer, Roy Chadwick, was already working on an improved Manchester design using four of the more reliable but less powerful Rolls-Royce Merlin engines on a larger wing. The aircraft was initially designated Avro Type 683 Manchester III, and later re-named the Lancaster. The prototype aircraft BT308 was assembled by Avro's experimental flight department at Manchester's Ringway Airport from where test pilot H.A. Thorn took the controls for its first flight on Thursday, 9 January 1941. The aircraft proved to be a great improvement on its predecessor, being one of the few warplanes in history to be right from the start. Its initial three-finned tail layout, a result of the design being adapted from the Manchester I, was quickly changed on the second prototype DG595 and subsequent production aircraft to the familiar twin finned specification.
What was the first airplane company?
The first company was the Wright Brothers, altough i do not think they were a real company
Where was the first recorded powered flight?
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912), were two Americans credited[1][2][3] with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903. In the two years afterward, the brothers developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
The brothers' fundamental breakthrough was their invention of three-axis control, which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain its equilibrium.[4] This method became standard and remains standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds.[5][6] From the beginning of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers focused on developing a reliable method of pilot control as the key to solving "the flying problem". This approach differed significantly from other experimenters of the time who put more emphasis on developing powerful engines.[7] Using a small homebuiltwind tunnel, the Wrights also collected more accurate data than any before, enabling them to design and build wings and propellers that were more efficient than any before.[8][9] Their first U.S. patent, 821,393, did not claim invention of a flying machine, but rather, the invention of a system of aerodynamic control that manipulated a flying machine's surfaces.[10]
They gained the mechanical skills essential for their success by working for years in their shop with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery. Their work with bicycles in particular influenced their belief that an unstable vehicle like a flying machine could be controlled and balanced with practice.[11] From 1900 until their first powered flights in late 1903, they conducted extensive glider tests that also developed their skills as pilots. Their bicycle shop employee Charlie Taylor became an important part of the team, building their first aircraft engine in close collaboration with the brothers.
The Wright brothers' status as inventors of the airplane has been subject to counter-claims by various parties. Much controversy persists over the many competing claims of early aviators
What was the total number of B24 bombers lost in Wprld War II?
According to reports the number of B24s that were lost during World War 2 was 79. During the three large attacks the B24s were used in about half were lost each time.
ANS 2 - Your figures are totally wrong ! I was based at 2 different RAF stations in Norfolk during the 1960's, that had been B-24 bases during WW2. It was common knowledge among the locals of how many B-24's were lost on missions. Intrigued with this, I looked up the records on-site and found that from the 14 B-24 Bomb Groups operating from England alone. 1,102 B-24's never returned from missions. Shipdham, where I was first based, was home to the 44th Bomb Group They sufferd 153 B-24's lost during 1943-44.
I have no firm figures for the B-24 's operating in the Middle East or Pacific, bit most records place those losses at least around 1,000 . From this I am estimating about 2,100 total B-24 losses - over 20,000 brave young fliers.
