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Invented the Box Kite (1893), greatly improving lift to drag ratio. Reached lift of 16 feet under a train of four of his box kites (1894). Invented a rotary engine (1889), which was much used in early aviation. Augustus Moore Herring: 3 Aug 1867 17 Jul 1926 United States: Design Construction Glider Propeller
Najeeb Halaby, Administrator of the United States Federal Aviation Administration and father of Queen Noor of Jordan; Howard Hawks, American film director, producer and screenwriter of the classic Hollywood era; Alfred C. Haynes, American Speaker at social events; Rudolf Hess, prominent figure in Nazi Germany
December 17 - The Dayton, Ohio, native Wright Brothers make four flights in their Wright Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina following years of research and development. Orville Wright takes off first and flies 120 ft (37 m)in 12 seconds. This is frequently considered the first controlled, powered heavier-than-air flight and is the first such ...
This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles.
The latter part of the 19th century became a period of intense study, characterized by the "gentleman scientists" who represented most research efforts until the 20th century. Among them was the British scientist-philosopher and inventor Matthew Piers Watt Boulton , who studied lateral flight control and was the first to patent an aileron ...
DeLoyd "Dutch" Thompson (1888-1949) was an aviator of the early 20th century.. He was born in 1888 and grew up in Buffalo Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [1] As a pilot, he was part of the tradition of "exhibition" pilots, travelling throughout countrysides and entertaining with their aeronautical feats.
Mary Anita "Neta" Snook Southern (February 14, 1896 – March 23, 1991) was a pioneer aviator who achieved a long list of firsts. She was the first woman aviator in Iowa, first woman student accepted at the Curtiss Flying School in Virginia, first woman aviator to run her own aviation business and first woman to run a commercial airfield. [3]
American aviation engine designers quickly picked up on the V-8 engine concept from 1906 onwards as the era progressed, with both Glenn Curtiss' firm designing a series of liquid-cooled V-8 aviation engines culminating in the Curtiss OX-5 by the early years of World War I—another major American engine manufacturer, Hall-Scott, had their A-2 ...