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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 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 • Model with combustion engine • Prototype
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
World War I (1914-1918) • Large improvements • Quick production • Large military use • Metal Plane: Junkers J4
1927 • Charles Lindbergh • New York to Paris • “The Spirit of St. Louis”
1928 • Atlantic Ocean • Amelia Earhart • Wales landing • National Geographic Award in 1932 for solo flight • Ireland
Other Important Dates • 1933 • 1935 • 1937 • 1939 • 1950’s • 1969
1989 • B2 Bomber • Stealth Bomber • Spirit Bomber • Northrop Grumman
2010 • Solar powered plane • 24 hour flight
“The airplane stays up because it doesn't have the time to fall.” – Orville Wright
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.