INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE AVIATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTATION

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INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE / AVIATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

INTRODUCTION TO AEROSPACE / AVIATION TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTATION n Flight vehicles that rely upon the “forces of flight and are

ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORTATION n Flight vehicles that rely upon the “forces of flight and are affected by aerodynamics. ”

LIGHTER THAN AIR VEHICLES n Balloons – Usually filled with some type of gas

LIGHTER THAN AIR VEHICLES n Balloons – Usually filled with some type of gas – Helium, hot air, or Hydrogen – Carries passengers

AIRSHIPS n n Dirigibles, Zeppelins Designed to replace the Ocean Liner – Almost as

AIRSHIPS n n Dirigibles, Zeppelins Designed to replace the Ocean Liner – Almost as long as the Titanic! n n n Steel skeleton with a fabric skin Filled with Helium or Hydrogen Carries passengers

FACT The Empire State Building was built to actually dock Zeppelins. It was never

FACT The Empire State Building was built to actually dock Zeppelins. It was never finished. Airship passengers would get out, climb down the stairs and take an elevator to the ground floor.

HEAVIER THAN AIR VEHICLES n Powered Flight – Passenger Plane n Non-Powered – Glider

HEAVIER THAN AIR VEHICLES n Powered Flight – Passenger Plane n Non-Powered – Glider

FIXED WING n n n The wings are attached and they cannot move Used

FIXED WING n n n The wings are attached and they cannot move Used in passenger, military and cargo applications Most aircraft use Fixed Wing construction

MOVABLE WING n HELICOPTER n VTOL – Vertical Take Off Landing

MOVABLE WING n HELICOPTER n VTOL – Vertical Take Off Landing

Early airplanes - Propeller n n Wright Brothers - 1909 – Orville and Wilbur

Early airplanes - Propeller n n Wright Brothers - 1909 – Orville and Wilbur

n Charles Lindberg 1927 – Spirit of St. Louis flies across the Atlantic. –

n Charles Lindberg 1927 – Spirit of St. Louis flies across the Atlantic. – The first solo Transatlantic flight with instruments.

Charles Lindberg, won the $25, 000 cash prize that a NY hotel tycoon had

Charles Lindberg, won the $25, 000 cash prize that a NY hotel tycoon had put up for the first aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and land in Paris, France.

Amelia Earhart n First woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean n One of

Amelia Earhart n First woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean n One of the first woman flying instructors n Flew from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast solo on several occasions. Amelia wanted to end her career by flying around the world. . . but crashed in the Pacific Ocean and didn’t survive.

Jet-engine airplanes n Chuck Yeager – 1947 breaks the sound barrier

Jet-engine airplanes n Chuck Yeager – 1947 breaks the sound barrier

n Jet Engine Marvels; by 1964 top speed reaches over Mach 3; SR-71 A

n Jet Engine Marvels; by 1964 top speed reaches over Mach 3; SR-71 A spyplane

Commercial Jet Liners Transport passengers and cargo as fast and comfortable as possible. •

Commercial Jet Liners Transport passengers and cargo as fast and comfortable as possible. • With a unstable economy, most companies are filing for bankruptcy n

LABEL the ZONES LIFT THRUST DRAG GRAVITY

LABEL the ZONES LIFT THRUST DRAG GRAVITY

Bernoulli’s Principle LOW HIGH

Bernoulli’s Principle LOW HIGH

When there is too much ANGLE OF ATTACK

When there is too much ANGLE OF ATTACK

it will STALL n Stalls, then falls

it will STALL n Stalls, then falls