CHAPTER 1-4
WORLD POWER
MAIN POINTS
DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
PROGRESS
IN FLIGHT
DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
SUBMARINES
DESTROYERS (STEAM TORPEDO)
NAVAL GUNNERY
1903 SPRINGFIELD, ‘45
BREECHLOADING, RECOILLESS,
SMOKELESS
DEVELOPMENTS AFTER THE
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
MILITARY FORCES
MILITIA ACT OF 1903 - NATIONAL
GUARD
DRILL, ANNUAL TRAINING, FUNDS
REGULAR ARMY AUTHORIZED 100K
ARMY AERONAUTICAL DIVISION
(1907) AND ARMY AVIATION (1914)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
AMERICAN DEVELOPMENTS
 THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
 FIRST TO SHOW
SUSTAINED
CONTROLLED
POWERED
HEAVIER-THAN-AIR
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
 IDEAL CONDITIONS
 FIRST PRACTICAL POWER PLANT
 APTITUDES/ATTITUDES
 FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE OF
OTHERS (LILIENTHAL, CHANUTE, ETC)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
 OCTOBER 1900 - FIRST GLIDER
TETHERED PROOF-OF-CONCEPT
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
JULY 1901 - LARGER GLIDER
CONTROL PROBLEMS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
SEPTEMBER 1902 THIRD GLIDER
DRAG PROBLEMS
OCTOBER 1902 RETURNED W/1000+
FLIGHTS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
BUILT AN ENGINE
TWO COUNTERROTATING PROPS
RETURNED TO N.C.
SEPTEMBER 1903
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
DECEMBER 14
WILBUR FIRST
DECEMBER 17
ORVILLE SUCCEEDS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
FIRST FLIGHT - 12 SECONDS; 120 FEET
FINAL FLIGHT - 59 SECONDS, 852 FEET
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
WRIGHT BROTHERS
 SO WHAT???
 LITTLE RECOGNITION IN THE U.S.
 GREAT BRITAIN WANTED TO BUY
 PATENT AWARDED 22 MAY 1906
 SIGNAL CORPS SPECIFICATION
NUMBER 486 AWARDED 23 DEC 1907
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
SIGNAL CORPS SPECIFICATION # 486
 SPEED OF 40 MPH
 COULD CARRY TWO PEOPLE (350#)
 FUEL FOR 125 MILES
 CONTROLLABLE IN ALL DIRECTIONS
 1 HOUR ENDURANCE W/TURNAROUND
 SIMPLE STARTING DEVICE
 LAND IN A FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE
TRAIN TWO PILOTS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
FURTHER WRIGHT DEVELOPMENTS
 SIGNED AGREEMENT WITH THE ARMY
ON 10 FEB 1908
 14 MAY 1908 - FIRST PASSENGER FLIGHT!
 DELIVERED FIRST PLANE TO THE ARMY
20 AUG 1908
 FIRST FATALITY
17 SEP 1908
 LT THOMAS
SELFRIDGE
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
OTHER SIGNFICANT EVENTS

GLENN CURTISS (FASTEST MAN
ON EARTH)
BUILT ENGINE THAT
POWERED FIRST U.S. DIRIGIBLE
FOUNDED AERIAL
EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION (W/
A.G. BELL)
JUNE BUG MADE FIRST
1 KILOMETER FLIGHT
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
OTHER SIGNFICANT EVENTS
 BLANCHE STUART SCOTT - FIRST
AMERICAN WOMAN TO SOLO
2 SEP 1910 – “OOPS!”
 HARRIET QUIMBY - FIRST AMERICAN
WOMAN WITH PILOT’S LICENSE
1 JUL 1912 - “FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELT!”
 CALBRAITH PERRY ROGERS - FIRST TO
CROSS THE U.S. BY AIR
49 DAYS (30 FOR THE PRIZE)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
 ROBERT ESNAULT-PELTERIE - BUILT
GLIDER REPLACING WING WARPING WITH
AILERONS (1904)
 LOUIS BLERIOT - FIRST MONOPLANE
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
 FIRST INTERNATIONAL AIR MEET
HELD 22-28 AUG 1909
 SEVERAL CRASHES AMONG 36
PARTICIPANTS
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
 LOUIS BREGUET - FIRST HELICOPTER TO
CARRY A PERSON (1907)
 SEGUIN BROTHERS - THE GNOME
(RADIAL/AIR-COOLED ENGINE)
 SHORT BROTHERS - FIRST MULTI-ENGINE
AIRCRAFT (18 SEP 1911)
 IGOR SIKORSKY - FIRST FOUR-ENGINE
AIRCRAFT (1913)
PROGRESS IN FLIGHT
RAPID GROWTH

IN 1911:
FRANCE - 353 PILOTS
 BRITAIN - 57 PILOTS
 GERMANY - 46 PILOTS
 ITALY - 32 PILOTS
 BELGIUM - 27 PILOTS
 U.S. - 26 PILOTS
 EUROPE - MANY AIRCRAFT FACTORIES
 U.S. - AIRCRAFT MADE BY HAND
QUESTIONS????