HISTORY OF FLYING svob Jakub Zoula HISTORY OF

HISTORY OF FLYING svob. Jakub Zoula

HISTORY OF FLYING 3 PERIODS: • First: from the start to the Flyier I (Wrights) • Second: First military using and ”Golden Age“ 1914 – 1945 • Third: after 1945

HISTORY OF FLYING • When, where, who began?

FIRST THINKING ABOUT FLYING…. • 400 -100 BC – Greek wooden pigeon, Chineese kites and stories about Daidalos and Ikaros • 9 th century - Abbas Firnas one of first glider pilots, Benedict Monk Elmer had reached the distance 200 m with his glider • 15 th century – Leonardo da Vinci- principes of flying

FIRST SERIOUS FLYING…. • The first serious attempts were performed at the end of 18 th and during 19 th century: mainly baloons and airships • The first flight of the helicopter- steam power unit – 20 s and 13 metres high

THE MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION FOR US CAME WITH THESE MEN… DO YOU KNOW THEM ? ? ?

THE WRIGHT BROS…. • Education – bicycle ingeneering • Glider beginigs - using curving of wing tips to rolling • Patent – “wing warping“ named: flying machine • 17 th November 1903 – first flight of Flyer one (known as Kitty Hawk) • The first flight by Orville Wright - distance 120 feet (37 m) in 12 seconds, (the most famous photo) • Wilbur Wright during the fourth flight (the same day) had reached distance of 852 feet (260 m) in 59 seconds.

KITTY HAWK…. • Power plant: Piston power unit, weights 77 kg , strong 12 HP • Powered by themself made propeller • Torque moment between propeller and power unit was relied by bicycle chain

1909 – LUIS BLERIOT HAD FLOWN OVER LA MANCHE

FIRST MILITARY USING… WHERE? ITALIAN – TURKISH WAR • 23 rd October 1911 – the firtst usage of the plane for military purposes (reconnaissance) • 1 st November 1911 – the first bomb attack

GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION (1914 -1945)

FIRST WORLD WAR: • Bi-planes, tri –planes • Piston power plants • Top speed about 180 km/h (fighters) • (Focker dr. 1 – red baron) AGE BETWEEN WARS: • • 1919 – flight over the Atlantic ocean 1927 – Charles Lindbergh : New York - Paris 1930 - Frank Whitle – jet engine 1939 – first jet engine plane Heinkel He- 178 V