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Airplanes

Airplanes. Kayla Johansen Annie Trojacek Introduction to Engineering and Design September 2012. Birds. Infatuated with flying Studied birds Mocked birds. Leonardo's Design. Glider Ornihopter Helicopter Parachute. First Flying Model. Samuel Pierpont Langley

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Airplanes

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  1. Airplanes Kayla Johansen Annie Trojacek Introduction to Engineering and Design September 2012

  2. Birds • Infatuated with flying • Studied birds • Mocked birds

  3. Leonardo's Design • Glider • Ornihopter • Helicopter • Parachute

  4. First Flying Model • Samuel Pierpont Langley • Model with combustion engine • Prototype

  5. Wright Brothers • Dayton, Ohio • Owners of bicycle repair shop • 1903 in North Carolina • Success “No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris ... [because] no known motor can run at the requisite speed for four days without stopping.” - Orville Wright

  6. World War I (1914-1918) • Large improvements • Quick production • Large military use • Metal Plane: Junkers J4

  7. 1927 • Charles Lindbergh • New York to Paris • “The Spirit of St. Louis”

  8. 1928 • Atlantic Ocean • Amelia Earhart • Wales landing • National Geographic Award in 1932 for solo flight • Ireland

  9. Other Important Dates • 1933 • 1935 • 1937 • 1939 • 1950’s • 1969

  10. 1989 • B2 Bomber • Stealth Bomber • Spirit Bomber • Northrop Grumman

  11. 2010 • Solar powered plane • 24 hour flight

  12. “The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.” – Orville Wright

  13. Sources • The wright brothers biography page. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://wrightbrothers.info/biography • Airplane timeline. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728 • Leonardo davinci flying machine - the flight of genius. (2009, June 02). Retrieved from http://www.leonardo-da-vinci-biography.com/leonardo-da-vinci-flying-machine.html • Wwi. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Aerospace/WWi/Aero5G1.htm • (n.d.). Retrieved from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page • Johansen, P. (2012, September 18). Personal interview.

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