Aviation industry

Aviation industry

The Wright Brothers[50] were the pioneers and creators of aviation. They produced their own scientific tables and introduced the principle of aileron control. Their early experiments were with qliders. In 1900 they built the first model at Dayton, Ohio. Where during the Autumn months their first qlider tests were made, they returned to Dayton and built their own motor and plane. On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright made the first successful attempt of man to fly a heavier-than-air power-driven machine. The Wrights in 1904 and 1905 continued to demonstrate that man could fly, but not until Wilbur Wright’s flight at Le Mans, France, on August 8, 1908 was the last doubling skeptic convinced. Cranking the 25 horse power motor of the Wright airplane. A modern plane has been flown with 7200 horse power. The early Wright machines started from a rail and landed on skids. After 1904 they were catapulted by means of a falling weight. Hauling up the weight that catapulted the plane from the rail. Wilbur Wright remained aloft for the astonishing time of 55 minutes and 37 seconds, a world’s endurance record with a passenger.    The first aircraft carrying passengers was the Airship, which took to the skies around 1900s. The Zeppelins, as they were called, inspired the development of Airship technology. Up to WW1, Aircrafts were used for photography and recognizance missions. Instead of wood, planes became made of aluminum and became more powerful. The first passenger planes were actually seaplanes, since in the early days of travel few runways were available. In June 1919, Alcock and Brown flew a Vickers Vimy bomber across the Atlantic[51], displaying the advances in engines achieved during the WW1, setting the seeds for a whole new industry: Air Transport. Pioneering airlines were established in the 1920s, but in the beginning suffered difficulties. Trips around the whole world began, with the establishment of air routes. Britain led the revolution with the most advances technologies and planes, breaking speed and distance records. In the 1930s, Hitler’s rise to power meant the expansion of the industry in Germany. Howard Hughes, an American business tycoon, formed the Hughes Aircraft Company in 1932 and designed several of the groundwork for modern Aviation. The Hercules[52] is a good example, a monster airplane that could land on water. The Constellation[53] was one of the most outstanding passenger aircrafts at the time, which was a plane to fly the Los Angeles to New York route in 8 – 9 hours. It served domestic routes, but also served commercial transatlantic services. WW2 saw the advent of bombing airplanes, their killing capacity reaching enormous proportions. Aircraft Carriers[54] dramatically changed naval combat in WW2, because air power was becoming a significant. Passenger Aircraft only became a reality after WW2, where great advances were made in Aviation, and Aircraft manufacturers began to convert new found technologies to civilian application. Jet, rocket propulsion and radar technology were developed. In 1945, a minor aircraft manufacturer named Boeing became the rising Aircraft manufacturer in the world. They developed new technologies that allowed for pressurized cabins, aerodynamic designs, new metals, larger sizes and turbojets capable of supersonic speed. Boeing saw a rising interest in Intercontinental flights, that were comfortable, safe and fast. Airline companies then looked for more affordable aircraft for a larger market.

By 1947, the sound-barrier was broken and regular transoceanic flights became a reality. In the 1950s, Boeing introduced the B-52[55] and this bomber was equipped with 8 turbojets engines intercontinental range and a capacity of half a million pounds.   By 1958, the Hawker Hunter[56] became one of Britain’s top Jet Fighter designs. In entered service as a maneuverable fighter aircraft, and later operated in fighter-bomber and reconnaissance roles in numerous conflicts. The Jet engine allowed airlines to pursue the goal of cost effective travel. It was almost universal in combat aircraft, with the exception of cargo, liaison and other specialty types. By the 1960s all large civilian aircraft were also jet powered, leaving the piston engine in low-cost niche roles such as cargo flights. They are used to jet engines power jet aircraft, cruise missiles and unmanned aeriel vehicles. In the form of rocket engines they power fireworks, model rocketry, spaceflight, and military missiles. In 1963, a small jet aircraft called the Lear Jet became a reality. In the 1970s, the Boeing 747 was presented and became the most successful model ever created. The Supersonic Concorde Jet and the Airbus followed. Airbus began as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers. The French developed the Airbus A300, but was persuaded. European aircraft manufacturers were aware of the risks of such a development and began to accept, along with their governments, that collaboration was required to develop such an aircraft and to compete with the more powerful US manufacturers. The Airbus Corporate Jets markets and modifies new aircraft for private and corporate customers. In the 1990s, a flying wing was designed and the use of composite metals. This spurted the appearances of crafts like Lockheed Martin’s F-117[57] Stealthfighter. Airtravel is the fastest method of global transportation and a major pillar of warfare, and is the safest means of travel available.