UCM Aviation History Midterm

Birth of Aviation

Annonay, Montgolfier Brothers Etienne + Michel (came up with idea of aviation), paper mills

J.A.C Charles

Montgolfier competition, hydrogen balloon in Paris 1783 ‘charliere’

first passengers 1783

sheep, duck, rooster observed by King Louis in Paris

first manned flight

1783 Etiene, public manned: Rozier + Laurent

First woman

Marie Thible 1784 Lyon, France

First Death

Rozier + Domain 1785 trying to cross English Channel

Blanchard + Dr. Jeffries

cross English Channel, first airmail by dropping letters

First international flight outside of France

Italy 1784, Andreni + Gerli brothers

First American manned flight

1784 tethered Baltimore, 1793 tethered PA

First women death

Sophie Blanchard

North Pole Attempt

1897 Andree, Strindberg, Fraenkel

First Dirigible

Henri Giffard 1852 Paris

Alberto Santos-Dumont

won Muerthe comp in Paris 1901, first flight airplane 1906

David Schwartz

metal airships, inspired zeppelin

Zeppelin

retired military

D.L.A.G

first airline airships 1910-1914

George Cayley

came up with modern airplane idea 1804

Henson and Stringfellow

proved airplane idea was possible

Felix Du Temple

1874, designed plane take off to land

Otto Lillenthal

gliders, influential, died flying 1889

Octave Chanute

gliders, published aviation book, Wright brothers’ friend.

Wrights

Paper makers, Bicycle Shop, Wilbur (plane was his idea)+ Orville (mechanical), Dayton, Ohio

First flight

Dec 17, 1903 - Kitty Hawk NC - 12/11/15/59 seconds

Wrights’ patent awarded

1904 Europe, 1906 U.S

Flyer No. 3

Separated wing warping and rudder

Wright Model A

1908, U.S army’s first biplane

First death airplane

Selfridge, Orville injured

First female passenger

Mrs. Hart

After 1910 Wrights

Wright Company 1909, fell apart after Wilbur dies 1912

Trajan Vuia

1906 monoplane

Voison Brothers

20 biplanes, Farman bought company

Henry Farman

first circular route 1908, Rheims air meet

Short Brothers

inspo from Wrights, got into sea planes 1913

First flight across English Channel

Bleriot 1909

Igor Sikorsky

tried for helicopter, made plane S-21 Grand

B-I Tractor Airplane

German, DFW, altitude records