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19 January 2020
Timeline, Part 2
Introduction
World War I created an opportunity for countries to display their military superiority. One of the ways was using aircraft to bomb enemy lines. Countries needed to advance their tactical and mechanical use of aircraft to ensure success in the war. The period created an opportunity for the advancement of aircraft as we see them today (Science Learning Hub).
Timeline
First Successful Attempt
1903: The first successful attempt by the Wright brothers of flight. Promising results as they were able to perfect their flying machines.
1905: President Theodore Roosevelt instructs the Secretary of War to look for ways; they can test the flying machines by the Wright brothers; the brothers make a 38 minutes flight that covers almost 24 miles. The president initiates a collaboration between the US government and the two brothers, especially Wilbur Wright.
1907: A teenage boy by the name Glen H. Curtis creates the world’s first fastest motorcycle clocking a 136.3 mph. The motorcycle engines are so light that a balloonist called Baldwin requests him to build one for his airship. This is followed by other balloonists requesting the same, leading to one of his engines being fitted in the Dirigible SC-1 (US army first aircraft).
1909: The US army makes a purchase of its first-ever airplane for $25,000 with an additional $5,000 as the plane exceeds the required speed. By October, Wilbur also fulfills another requirement by the US army contract: teaching two soldiers how to fly an airplane, they are Lieutenant Frederic E. Humphreys and Frank P. Lahm.
1911: marks the longest flying distance of 4,251 miles covered by Rodgers at an average speed of 52 mph, taking 49 days. It is during the same period that the Short brothers of England patent the multiengine aircraft. The plane is the first of its kind as it has two engines and three propellers.
1914: Marks the first-ever commercially scheduled airline service. The Benoist XIV is flown by Tony Jannus and carries only two passengers. With the onset of World War, I in 1914, the US army only has one worthy war aircraft, while countries such as Germany, France, and Britain have 200 and 459 aircraft, respectively. The U.S. never joined the war until 1917, and even then, with a promise to come up with 22,625 aircraft within a year, this was, however, not accomplished by the time the war came to a halt.
1915: extensive use of aircraft to drop bombs creates the need to bring control in the air. Roland Garros, a French pilot, mounts an automatic rifle on his aircraft. This design works despite its primitiveness.
1916: The idea is copied by Germans who further develop it, later it is copied by the Allies.
1917-1918: Congress appropriates $64 million in the creation of 22, 625 aircraft to use in the war, but this is not achieved as only 45 American squadrons fly with British and French aircraft. Through this, America gains knowledge of the DH-4 aircraft that is only used for a couple of months in the war.
Works Cited
Science Learning Hub. “A Progression of Flight Timeline.” Science Learning Hub, 9 Sept. 2011, www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1691-a-progression-of-flight-timeline. Accessed 6 Nov. 2019.
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