...///Theodore Roosevelt In 1904, Theodore Roosevelt won the Presidency. He strongly led Congress and the American public towards new reforms and a strong foreign policy. By the end of his first term, Roosevelt had solved many international problems. He had a firm hand on domestic affairs and became known for his walk softly and carries a big stick attitude of running the country. /While in office Roosevelt became a trust buster by forcing railroads combination in the Northwest to break apart. Roosevelt saw himself a representative of all people, including farmers, laborers, white collar workers and businessmen Roosevelt therefore was focused on bringing big business under stronger regulation so that he could effectively serve all the people he represented. During his time as President, Roosevelt steered the United States more actively into world politics. He was aware of the need for a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as a means of connecting the world. As a result, in 1903, construction of the Panama Canal began. // ////////// / /Theodore Roosevelt IN 1904, THEODORE ROOSEVELT WON THE PRESIDENCY. HE STRONGLY LED CONGRESS AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TOWARDS NEW REFORMS AND A STRONG FOREIGN POLICY. By the end of his first term, Roosevelt had solved many international problems. He had a firm hand on domestic affairs and became known for his walk softly and carries a big stick attitude of running the country...
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...wing-warping control system. The kite was successful and they turned their attention to a bigger project – a piloted glider. The brothers searched for the best location to launch their glider and settled on the beach at Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. In 1900, the Wright brothers experimented with their glider at Kitty Hawk. They flew the glider like a kite before trying free glides with Wilbur aboard. While encouraging, their tests revealed that the glider did not have the amount of lift they expected. Wilbur and Orville returned to Kitty Hawk in 1901with a larger glider, but this vehicle was difficult to control. They continued their research and again modified the glider design. The 1902 glider worked better than the previous ones and Orville had his first opportunity to control the machine in the air. That fall, they ran over 700 test glides, some as far as 600 feet. The Wright brothers were now ready to build an airplane. In 1903, Wilbur and Orville returned to Kitty Hawk with the Flyer, an engine-powered airplane. On December 14th, Wilbur won a coin toss to pilot the plane. His flight lasted less than four seconds. Orville took the controls on December 17th. He flew for 12 seconds. The brothers continued to test fly the plane that day, eventually achieving a flight of 59 seconds with Wilbur aboard. Learn more the 1903 Wright Flyer through a simulation or view a VRML 3D model. Back in Dayton, the Wright brothers worked to improve their airplane. In 1904, they flew their plane...
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...Carolina named Kitty Hawk where winds averaged at 13 m.p.h.”(Parker 126). They traveled to Kitty Hawk where they tested the 1900 glider. Using the results of the wind tunnel experiments, they constructed their 1902 glider. “In October they tested it at Kitty Hawk and had a big success gliding a record of 620 feet” (Parker 145). Orville Wright took off into a 27 mph wind and the distance he covered was 120 feet in12 seconds. His flight was exceedingly erratic, mainly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in operating the air plane. Despite of the problems encountered with their last attempts at flight, the Wright brothers reviewed their test results and determined that the calculations they had used were not reliable. “They decided to build a wind tunnel to test a variety of wing shapes and their effect on lift” (Stearns and Langer 35). Based upon these tests, the inventors had a greater understanding of how an airfoil also known as wing works and could calculate with greater accuracy how well a particular wing design would fly. The Wright brothers had been flying with people since May of 1908 but on September 1908, passenger flight took a turn for the worse when the first fatal air crash occurred. “Orville Wright was piloting the plane and he survived the crash, but his passenger Signal Corps Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge died” (McCarthy 107). The Wrights' Vin Fiz was the first airplane to cross the United States in 1911. The flight took 84 days...
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...The Wright Brothers Invent the Airplane About one hundred years ago the planet earth was a much smaller place. On December 17, 1903 the Wright brothers, Wilbur and Orville, made history when they took off in flight and invented the first airplane. This is how the planet earth began shrinking geographically making it easier and quicker to travel over long distances. Wilbur was the older of the two brothers by four years. Wilbur was born in 1867 on a farm near Millville, Indiana and Orville was born in 1871 near Dayton, Indiana. As youngsters, Wilbur and Orville looked to their mother for mechanical expertise and their father for intellectual challenge. Milton, their father, brought them various souvenirs and trinkets he found during his travels for the church. One such trinket, a toy helicopter-like top, sparked the boys' interest in flying. In school, Wilbur excelled, and would have graduated from high school if his family had not moved during his senior year. A skating accident and his mother's illness and subsequent death kept him from attending college. Orville was an average student, known for his mischievous behavior. He quit school before his senior year to start a printing business. The two brothers were very intellectual and smart, but both did not ever get their high school diplomas. It just goes to show that even two of the best minds in our history didn’t have to go to college or even finish high school to become these great minds. The first time Wilbur and...
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...Created using Diary by Droid-Veda LLP Mar-26-2013 Milton and Susan Wright had five kid’s. Milton traveled to minster and Susan was a stay at home mom. In 1800‘s Susan want to college so she could be a good example to her kids,she wanted to be able to help her kids. Milton and Susan wanted the best for all there kids and so they often pushed and encouraged there kids to give their best in everything they do, especially there education. They thought them to look for new things to do,to go out and discover and learn as much as they could . There two sons Wilber and Orville Wright are the first to built a successful airplane. Wilber was born August 16 1867and Orville was born August 19 1871.both brothers loved any thing mechanical ,loved to tear things done and built it back up . Wilber finished highs school but was never able to get his diploma ,he was going to attend Yale,because of an accident that happens wile playing ice hockey Wilber got hit in the face with a hockey stick,even though he wasn’t heart badly he lost he’s front to. And so because of the accident Wilber withdrew from going to Yale as planned,so he spent the next few years tacking care of his mother who was ill. And as for Orville Wright he want to high school but dropped out on his junior year, to open a printing shop in 1889.Wilber and Orville had always been close to each other. The brother’s often worked as a team,they have places they started together like The West Side News Paper,The Wright cycle company...
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...Kitty Hawk to World War II The Wright brothers near Kitty Hawk, NC. Although there is some debate about who was the first to fly an airplane, credit for this feat is usually given to Wilbur (1867–1912) and Orville Wright (1871–1948), who made four controlled, sustained flights in a powered heavier-than-air vehicle on Dec. 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, N.C. Interestingly, the Wrights never claimed to be the first to fly. The main claim of the Wright brothers, and their supporters, was that they were first to design and build a flying craft that gave the pilot adequate control while in the air. The unique feature of the Wright brothers' aircraft, beginning with their 1902 glider, was the ability to roll the wings right or left, to pitch the nose up or down, and to yaw the nose from side to side. A pilot must have control of all three dimensions—roll, pitch, and yaw—to navigate a plane. This development was perhaps the Wrights' greatest contribution to aviation. Over and on the Sea One of the next major advancements in human flight came in response to a contest sponsored by The Daily Mail of London, which offered a prize to the first aviator to fly across the English Channel. Louis Blériot (1872–1936) won the contest, flying from Calais, France, to Dover, England, on July 25, 1909, in a monoplane of his own design with a 25-horsepower engine. His flight caused concern among the British that the airplane could eventually be used for military aggression, and the world came...
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...Wright Brother’s Before and After THE Flight Christopher L. Teal AVIA210 LUO Abstract Most anyone that you talk to in the modern world can tell you who the famous brothers were that flew the first airplane, but many cannot tell you much else about them. Without question, the importance of that first powered flight has no equal in significance in the aviation world. However, the events that led up to their first flight and the ones after are an important part of their stories. From humble beginnings in Ohio to never ending amount of time devoted to stop the blatant infringement of their patents, their lives span from birth to death and do not just encompass one historic event on the sand dunes of Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Keywords: Aviation, Kitty Hawk, Beginning Wright Brother’s Before and After THE Flight Humble Beginnings The forefathers of modern aviation were not born into a famous or rich family. “The Wright brothers were a product of deep Midwestern roots” (Jakab, P 2001). They were born into a religious family whose Patriarch, Milton Wright, was an ordained minister and Bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. The Matriarch, Susan Wright was a bright shy woman who studied Literature at Hartsville College, though she left 3 months shy of obtaining her degree (Jakab, P 2011). She was already a member of the Church when they met. Wilbur and Orville were two of five surviving children that the couple birthed. There was a set of twins that...
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...The brothers, five years apart in age, grew up to do everything together. Though Wilbur was much more dominant he wrote better and seemed a natural leader he and Orville were careful to share whatever opportunities came their way. After the 18-year-old Wilbur was hit with a hockey stick (by a 15-year-old future murderer, whose victims would include his parents and brother) and suffered debilitating facial injuries, he gave up on the idea of leaving Dayton for a higher education. Instead, he lived out his teens as a recluse and reader. Then he and Orville developed a love of bicycles, learned to make them and started their own business. This well written book shows many connections between aerial travel and locomotion by bicycle, which at...
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...was made by the Wright Brothers! On December 17, 1903 Wright Brothers made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. Since airplanes have evolved, the Airbus A380 is the world's largest passenger airliner; many airports have upgraded their facilities to accommodate it because of its size. Initially named Airbus A3XX, Airbus designed the aircraft to challenge Boeing's monopoly in the large-aircraft market; the A380 made its first flight on 27 April 2005 and began commercial service in October 2007 with Singapore Airlines. The A380's upper deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage, with a width equivalent to a wide-body aircraft. This gives the A380-800's cabin 478 square meters of floor space, which is 40% more than the next-largest airliner, the Boeing and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three class configuration or up to 853 people in all economy class configurations. The A380-800 has a design range of 15,700 kilometers (8,500 mi; 9,800 mi), sufficient to fly from New York to Hong Kong, and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (about 900 km/h or 560 mph; 490 km at cruising altitude). The A380 was used to demonstrate the viability of a synthetic fuel comprising standard jet fuel with a Biodiesel component. On 1 February 2008, a three-hour test flight operated between Britain and France, with one of the A380's four engines using a mix...
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...both improving our lives and endangering us. I have chosen a few of the technologies in the 1900’s that fascinated me the most. OK so first of all the invention of the car. It is undoubtedly one of the most radical innovations of this century. A car, in its early stages, was highly expensive, only the best of the best could afford such a luxury. After the introduction of labour and the assembly-line system, affordable cars were made, leading to drastic changes to society. Personally I don’t know how I could live without a car, it just wouldn’t be possible, and I can’t even imagine what would happen to me. Airplanes. The Wright Brothers' first-ever flight of a motorized airplane in 1903, introduced the era of flying into the sky. The jet engine, the supersonic flight, fighter aircraft and space travel all are rooted in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina which was the site of the achievement of the Wright brothers. Without these airplanes we wouldn’t be able to see our families in other countries. We would have to take out ships and sail to them and personally that’s not an option I want to take. The first ever manned spaceflight. The technology of... Read...
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...Success didn't just come naturally though. It took almost eight years to develop "The Flyer," the name they gave to it. Still, that flight only lasted about 12 seconds. A later flight on that same day got up to 59 seconds, but that was the longest it went. Despite its short time in the air, that plane revolutionized life as we knew it. Five years later, the Wright brothers signed a contract to build the first military plane after developing one that could go for an hour and a half. It wasn't until September 18, 1947 that the Air Force was founded. The Air Force is a branch of the military specifically focused on planes. Now that military planes were becoming popular, people got the idea to use them to travel. Commercial Airlines were born. They first became popular in the late 50s. Now airplanes are a regular part of everyday...
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...The Wright brothers are known as some of the greatest innovators of all time. Throughout history, humankind has been fascinated with the thought of flying. It was something believed to be impossible until the Wright brothers invented the first successful airplane. They had a dream that they were determined to make come true, and one day it did. For that dream to come true, they had to overcome other obstacles and pursue other ideas first. How did the Wright brothers make the dream of flight possible? What drove their ambition? Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved something others failed to do in the past. The Wright brothers will forever have a legacy because of their innovative skills. Keep reading to learn how these two inventors took humanity...
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...The History of Aircraft design By: David Roberts Imagine yourself at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The year is 1903. You and your brother our about to make the first powered flight in history. The wind was right and you recorded a 59 second flight over a distance of 852 feet. You have just made history, in successfully flying the first powered aircraft. This is probably how the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright felt that day. They successfully flew an airplane with a 75 horse power engine. I will be talking on how aircraft design and power plants have evolved since 1903. From the Wright brothers era, the golden age, to the jet era, to what we use today. It going to be an accelerating time so let's get started with the Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers were known as the first people to achieve the first powered heavier than air flight. This was a huge accomplishment, but believe it or not, they were not the first to fly. According to Aviation 1890-1939 The Pioneering Years, "the Montgolfier Brothers were even earlier pioneers when they took to the sky in a hot air balloon over Paris in 1783. In 1853, in Yorkshire, England, an employee of Sir George Cayley, flew across a valley in the first, heavier than air glider (http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/aviation/index.html)." These early pioneers helped pave the way for the Wright Brothers. The Wright Brothers started off as bike builders, and it wasn't till December of 1900, that the Wright Brothers...
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...your tour will be focus on four permanent galleries. The first one is the Weinman Mineral Gallery to discover how the Earth was formed billions of years ago and to walk among hundreds of beautiful gems and minerals. Featured exhibits include more than fifty cases with a variety of gems, gold, and some Georgia’s most prized minerals. The second one is the Fossil Gallery. Stare into the mouth of a Tyrannosaurus rex, catch a glimpse of a saber-tooth cat and discover how life on Earth began in the Tellus Fossil Gallery. This walk through history will take visitors past millions of years of dinosaurs, reptiles and giant mammals that dominated the land, sea and air before becoming extinct. The third one is the Science in Motion. From Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to the Moon, the Science in Motion Gallery will propel visitors through 100 years of changes in transportation technology. Finally, if you decide to go there with your children the last part of the museum should please you. Indeed, the world of...
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...The Airplane and its History Robert Dobson Thomas Edison State University THE AIRPLANE AND ITS HISTORY 2 The Airplane and its History I am currently finishing a Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology degree in Aviation Flight Technology at Thomas Edison State University. I have also been a pilot for twenty years, professionally for the past sixteen years. For these reasons, I have chosen the airplane and its history as the technology that will serve as the subject of this assignment. First, I will explain what an airplane is. Next, I will explain how an airplane works. Finally, I will give a brief history of the airplane. So what is an airplane? I'm joking! Everyone in the world knows what an airplane is unless they've lived in a stone age society their whole life. Even so, I'll begin by defining exactly what an airplane is and how they work. An airplane is a powered, fixed-wing vessel that travels through the air (Airplane, n.d.). The airplane has wings that provide the force of lift in order for the airplane to overcome the force of gravity and climb off the ground and stay airborne. In order for the wings to do their job of providing lift, the airplane must be propelled forward so that the wings can get sufficient airflow to generate the necessary force and overcome the force of drag. The propulsion methods usually employed are through use of engine driven propellers...
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