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Milestones of Aviation

Transportation Engineering Mr. Joel Bischoff Origins: Spring 2013. Milestones of Aviation. December 17, 1903 12 seconds, 120 feet Kitty Hawk, NC Orville Wright piloted the first manned, powered flight Brother Wilber Wright ran along side. Humble Beginnings. Wright Brothers first flight.

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Milestones of Aviation

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  1. Transportation Engineering Mr. Joel Bischoff Origins: Spring 2013 Milestones of Aviation

  2. December 17, 1903 12 seconds, 120 feet Kitty Hawk, NC Orville Wright piloted the first manned, powered flight Brother Wilber Wright ran along side Humble Beginnings

  3. Wright Brothers first flight

  4. May 2, 1923- 26 hours and 50 minutes Kelly and Macready flew the Fokker T-2 Started with 737 gallons of fuel and ended with 46 gal So heavy on takeoff they couldn’t climb above 1000ft for 20 minutes First Non-stop coast to coast flight

  5. Fokker T-2 Transcontinental

  6. First solo transatlantic flight- Charles Lindbergh in The Sprit of St. Louis Took off May 20, 1927 Roosevelt Field, NY- Landed May 21, 1927 Paris, France Flight took 33 hours and 30 minutes Spirit of St. Louis has no forward windows- removed in lieu of fuel tanks “Extra! - Lindbergh is in Paris”

  7. Charles Lindbergh

  8. Wiley Post reaches 50,000 feet with the help of a self designed rubber pressure suit- April 1934 Most aircraft from the 1920’s and 30’s had a ceiling of 23,000 ft Oxygen for the pilots and a supercharger for the engine is required above 23,000 ft Climbing Higher

  9. On the tail of his Lockheed Vega, the Winnie Mae Wiley post

  10. German Messerschmitt Me 262 First flight- July 18, 1942 Top speed- 540mph First operational Jet Fighter World War II Dates- September 1, 1939 (Europe)- September 2, 1945

  11. Sound Barrier (768 mph @ sea level) broken by Chuck Yeager in the Bell X-1 on Oct. 14, 1947 • Mach 1.07 (670 mph) • Bell X-15 (Oct. 15th 1958) Fastest Manned Aircraft (highest also- 314,750 ft) • Mach 6.72 (4,519 mph) • NASA X-43a (June 2001) • Mach 9.68 (7,546 mph) The fastest plane on earth

  12. The Fastest Plane on Earth

  13. The Space Shuttle • Mach 25+ (17,500mph) on reentry into the atmosphere • First orbital flight on April 12, 1981 by Columbia • Officially entered service after final test flight on July 4, 1982 The fastest plane Not on Earth

  14. Following the disasters of Challenger (Jan. 28, 1986) and Columbia (Feb. 1, 2003) the Space Shuttle Program was ended on August 31, 2011 Of the five shuttles built, 3 remain: Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour. Enterprise was a test vehicle and never performed a powered flight End of the shuttle program

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