The first jets used in worldwar 2

Jet aircraft made their first appearance in combat in World War II. By 1944 the German Luftwaffe committed three new types of jet or rocket fighter to combat operations. Besides the Me 262, the rocket fighter Me 163 "Komet" and the He 162 "Volksjäger" had become operational. The invention of the jets was a great advantage in war because the jets were much faster then ever before.

the invention of the jet engine

In 1913 René Lorin came up with a form of jet engine, the subsonic pulsejet, which would have been somewhat more efficient, but he had no way to achieve high enough speeds for it to operate, and the concept remained theoretical for quite some time.

The Heinkel He 178 was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet plane, the pioneering example of this type of aircraft. It was a private venture by the German Heinkel company in accordance with director Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on developing technology for high-speed flight and first flew on 27 August 1939 piloted by Erich Warsitz.

The helicopter

In 1877, Enrico Forlanini developed an unmanned helicopter powered by a steam engine. It rose to a height of 13 meters, where it remained for some 20 seconds, after a vertical take-off from a park in Milan. That exuded a lot of good engeenering.
Paul Cornu's helicopter, built in 1907, was the first flying machine to have risen from the ground using rotating wings instead of fixed wings.

The first time a manned helicopter is known to have risen off the ground was in 1907 at Cornu, France. The first successful rotorcraft, wasn't a true helicopter, but an autogyro invented by Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva in 1919. These kind of rotorcrafts were culled to use until the development of modern helicopters, when, for some reason, they became largely neglected, although the idea has since been resurrected several times. Since the first practical helicopter was the Focke Achgelis Fw 61, the autogyros golden age only lasted around 20 years.

First take off from a ship

1910
Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship. In November he departs from the deck of a cruiser anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and lands onshore. In January 1911 he takes off from shore and lands on a ship anchored off the coast of California. Hooks attached to the plane's landing gear, a primitive version of the system of arresting gear and safety barriers used on modern aircraft carriers.

First passenger airplane

The Douglas DC-3 was one of the first passenger airplanes and it was developed in 1935 and brought into service in 1936. It was the only aircraft large enough to make passenger service profitable. The DC-3 had a seating capacity of 21 passengers when it was first developed. This resulted in an increase in the number of people booking air passage, bringing a new appetite to the general population for flying.
The DC-3 was large for 1936, with a wingspan of 29.1 meters, and powered with two 1,200-horse power Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Double Wasp engines.

The airplane in worldwar 1

The first world war (1914-1918) was the first time that airplanes were used in war. That was a good advantage because in the air they could see were the enemy was and could according to this act. A good idea was to moorage a machine gun in the back of the airplane and the second passenger was supposed to fire. Also the airplanes had a little hole in the bottom of the airplane where the second passenger was supposed to throw bombs on the enemy.

The first records in history of flying

Amelia Mary Earhart(born July 24, 1897; missing July 1937) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the world famous Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman's Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed L-10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

The first plane made of metal

The first plane that was completely made of metal was build 1915 from leutnant from Malinckrodt. The weight of the plane was arround one ton but it took off already after just 40 meters. That was a positive surprise for the viewers. Not only the metal on the body and the wings from the airplane was new also the propeller was made out of steal. The plane was called: Stealdonkey
Then the idea was coming how to use a plane in war....

The deployment of the first airplane

From time to time the plane construction changed a couple of times. They made more and more advancaments. They build for example a bogie on the lower side of the plane that the airplane would be able to land softer than before. Also the design changed and the planebody became robuster than before. But the planes became heavilier and so they build newer and better motors. Also the seat for the pilot changed. He was not sitting on the wing anymore like at the first plane but in a seat with four walls surrounding the pilot. So the pilot was saver and couldn't fall out. The control system became amiliorated. Even so flying was still dangerous.

First plane crashes

In 1908, passenger flight took a turn for the worse when the first fatal air crash occurred on September 17. Orville Wright was piloting the plane. Orville Wright survived the crash, but his passenger, Signal Corps Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, did not. The Wright Brothers had been allowing passengers to fly with them since May 14, 1908.

The first plane with motor

After this achievement the Brothers Wright thought about a plane with a motor. But how could you make a motor that can maneuver a plane in the air. This had to be another motor than by the cars. So they used the same technics like by the ships. To maneuver a subject through spinning of a propeller. After a couple of weeks the first plane with motor was build. Now a plane was able to stay a longer time in air. 1904 they got the patent for their airplane and after that they made public demonstrations. The airplane model got economy interest when the Brothers Wright extended the airplane to the German, Japan, Italy, and Russia.

The first plane with pilot

In the year 1899 began the Brothers Wright to build the first plane. The Wrights spent a great deal of time observing birds in flight. They noticed that birds soared into the wind and that the air flowing over the curved surface of their wings created lift. Birds change the shape of their wings to turn and maneuver. They believed that they could use this technique to obtain roll control by warping, or changing the shape, of a portion of the wing. The plane was made of woodenslates and the wood bay by the wings was stringed with sailcloth. The first flight was good. The plane glided through the air. That was a big moment for the history.

The beginning of the thinking about flying

Already for hundred of years the people dreamed from flying in air. But they thought that it would be impossible to fly. But instead they exogitated storys and legends about flying people. A example for that is the greek story from Deadalus and Icarus.
Because they were captured on an island they build by themself wings made of wooden slats, wax, and feathers. So they escaped from the island but the son from Deadalus was flying to high so that the heat of the sun fused the wax and Icarus dies.