Back in 1929, a Royal Air Force officer by the name of Frank Whittle had the idea to develop an airplane with a gas turbine engine. During that time, aircraft used a propeller to move forward. This new proposal suggested having exhaust gases forced out of the engine to propel the airplane forward. According to Read More…
December 17, 1903, is remembered as a monumental day in aviation history — the day that Orville and Wilbur Wright achieved the age-old dream of flight and took off on the first sustained airplane ride. Several decades before the Wright brothers ascended from Kitty Hawk, however, Sir George Cayley of Yorkshire, England, launched another human Read More…
Early Life – Death Hans von Ohain was a native of the town of Dessau, Germany. He was born as Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain in 1911. After obtaining a Ph.D. in Physics and Aerodynamics, he worked on several engineering and aerospace projects. Although none of his work ever went into production, his original designs Read More…
From the Wright Brothers to Charles Lindbergh to Amelia Earhart, Chuck Yeager and John Glenn, aviation history is replete with larger than life heroes. Men and women who blazed the trail for the modern aviation industry. Among these we must include the enigmatic Howard Hughes Jr. who, unlike anyone before or since, pushed the aviation Read More…
Clément Ader was an inventor and engineer. He was born February 4th, 1841 in Muret, France and died on March 5, 1926. Clément was a pioneer of flight predating the Wright brothers. He was an early aviation enthusiast. During the Franco-German War of 1870-71, Ader constructed a balloon at his own expense, propelling his interest Read More…