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History of Aviation
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Is amlia earharts husband still alive?
No she died a long long long long time ago. That means that her husband died unless he can somehow live forever.
What are some of Jean Batten's Quotes?
Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviator that took a number or record breaking flights in the 1930's. Her most famous quote is, "Every flyer who ventures across the oceans to distant lands is a potential explorer; his or her breast burns the same fire that urged the adventurers of old to set forth in their sailing-ships for foreign lands. Riding through the air on silver wings instead of sailing the seas with white wings, he must steer his own course, for the air is uncharted, and he must therefore explore for himself the strange eddies and currents of the ever-changing sky in many moods. "
We know it best for the one which was shot down in Mogadishu, Somalia in the early 1990's
Who was Tuskegee Airman Peter Whittaker?
I have read what appear to be the complete combat records of the 99th, 100th, 301 st and 302nd Squadrons, and can find no mention at all of Peter Whittaker. This does not mean he wasn't a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, but simply that he did nothing to warrant naming him in the combat logs of the units. His name is listed in the Graduating Pilots list as
-Whittaker, Peter H. 44-C-SE 3/12/1944 2nd Lt. 0824845 Detroit MI. - - This means he graduated as a pilot in December 1944 and would then have gone to a combat unit in early 1945. Unfortunately no further information has been found yet.
What was the first airplane to be hijacked?
From the wikipedia
"The first recorded aircraft hijack was on February 21, 1931, in Arequipa, Peru. Byron Rickards flying a Ford Tri-Motor was approached on the ground by armed revolutionaries. He refused to fly them anywhere and after a ten day stand-off Rickards was informed that the revolution was successful and he could go in return for giving one of their number a lift to Lima. [3] Most hijackings have not been so farcical."
What wwas the name of amelias flying instructor?
Amelia's flying instructor was Anita Snook, a female pilot who operated out of Kinner Field near Los Angeles
What is the name of the guy Amelia Earhart got engaged to before she got married to George Putnam?
That was Samuel Chapman.
How does a plane cope with very high and low pressures?
In recent years, commercial airliners have been equipped with high performance and detailed radars to identify high and low pressure areas, although many accidents have occured despite that (such as Air France Flt. 447 on June 1st, 2009; as well as a Delta Airline Flight which crashed in Dallas in August 1985 due to a microburst)
What was the Constellation airliner?
The famous Lockheed Constellation was a beautiful airliner made during WW2. The early versions carried 70 passengers almost 3,000 miles which in those days was amazing. Trans World Airlines and Pan American ordered many of them There were many, always better versions of this aircraft and it flew in many services for over 20 years. Both the USAF and USN used them extensively during Vietnam as spy planes and air controllers. I worked on some in Africa in the 1960's where they were chartered cargo carriers.
Who is Ameila Earhart's parents?
Amelia Earhart's dad was a German American, Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (March 28, 1867-Septemper 23,1930)
Amelia Earhart's mom was Amelia "Amy" Otis Earhart (May 15,1869-August 20,1962)
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When was the first airplane invemted?
There really is no fixed date, and the aeroplane really 'evolved' rather than being a specific invention. Many men invented different things that contributed to aircraft, just as they did to steam engines. People tried different wings and methods of control, types of engines (one early aircraft even had a steam engine). -It took many different contributions to get to Kittyhawk, 1903.
What are three important things Amelia Earhart did?
She flew to Hawaii solo, she flew to Europe solo and she inspired female pilots.
Wiley Post is buried in Memorial Park Cemetery (section 48), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Was there a plane called the biplane?
A biplane is any plane that has a double wing, above and below, often with fabric covering and connected by wires. Almost all early airplanes were biplanes because they needed more lift at the slower speeds that the relatively small engines could produce. By the 1930s, biplanes were practically obsolete, metal mono-wing construction having advanced to prominence. There are still biplanes used in aerobatic shows, and they were widely used in aerial crop dusting.
Did Amalia Earhart come from a poor or wealthy family?
Amelia's grandparents were very wealthy, but most of was spent by her uncle Mark before Amelia grew up.
Wiley Post is famous for many record flights and technical achievements. He flew around theworld in1931 with a navigator Harold Gatty. Two years later he did this solo in even faster time, 7 days and 18 hours. -He also created world altitude records and helped to develop the pressure suit.
When pilots are given a clearance to cross a fix or leave an altitude at a certain time, especially when outside of radar coverage, such as over the North Atlantic or Pacific, the pilot can take comfort in knowing that air traffic control and, indeed, every airborne flight all over the entire world is using the same exact time reference to the second. If they did not, planes would crash into each other with great regularity due to fact the one was using a different time than another.
The railroads learned this the hard way in the 19th century. Before the advent of standardized time, each railroad company kept their own time, usually based on the local time of the railroad company headquarters. Many switch operators had to keep track of as many as seven different times. This caused a great deal of confusion and trains frequently ended up on the same track in opposite directions resulting in many horrific accidents.
