The History of American Flight

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The History of American Flight

• By Erin Grabowski

The Sky Is Not The Limit!
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Orville Wilbur Wright made history in 1903 with
the first Controlled, sustained air flight
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World War I Showed the need for the development
of aviation
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Early transport in the 1930s led to the need for
speed
The Gee Bee Aircraft relied on the Wasp Engine to
reach reach new speeds. Amelia Earharts Wasp
powered plane made history
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The first Jet EngineWas developed for the Navy
in the 1940s
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Passengers were propelled into the American Jet
Age with the inaugural Pan Am Flight in 1958
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Developed over 30 years ago, The SR-71 Blackbird
is still the fastest and highest flying plane
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Environmental Concerns led to the development of
quieter, cleaner, more efficient more powerful
air flight
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1983 - The Boeing 757Is able to offer efficient
power and exceptional fuel economy
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Wings in Space

• On 12 April 1981, the Space Shuttle orbiter
  Columbia lifted off from its pad at the Kennedy
  Space Center

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Technology and Dreams will continue to advance
the world of Air Flight

• Commercial Air travel
• Military
• Cargo transport
• Aerospace Industry
• National Defense
• Weather Other Scientific Research

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References

• Slide One The Delta formation, Blue Angels One
  thru Six, performs at their home base, Naval Air
  Station, Pensacola, FL. Retreived June 26, 2004
  from http//www.blueangels.navy.mil/flashindex.htm
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• Slide Two Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk.
  (1903). Retrieved June 26, 2004 from
  http//www.wam.umd.edu/stwright/WrBr/wrights/1903
  .html
• Slide Three The War in the Air - Observation and
  Reconnaissance. (1914). Retrieved June 24, 2004
  from http//www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/observati
  on.htm
• Slide Four Amelia Earharts Lockheed Elctra 10A
  Plane. (1930). Retrieved June 24, 2004
  http//www.flight100.org/history/us/html
• Slide Five The Double Wasp, the backbone of the
  American fighter fleet in the 1940s. (1948).
  Retrieved June 24, 2004 http//www.flight100.org/hi
  story/us/html
• Slide Six Pan Ams Boeing 707 from New York to
  Paris. (1958). Retrieved June 24, 2004
  http//www.flight100.org/history/us/html
• Slide Seven SR71 Blackbird. Retrieved June 24,
  2004 from http//www.xp-office.de/sr71-factsheets.
  htm
• Slide Eight MD-80 Series Aircraft. (1970).
  Retrieved June 24, 2004 http//www.flight100.org/hi
  story/us/html
• Slide Nine Boeing 757. (1983). Retrieved June
  24, 2004 http//www.flight100.org/history/us/html
• Slide Ten Space Shuttle. Retrieved June 25, 2004
  from http//history.nasa.gov/sts1/index.html
• Slide Eleven Pratt Whitneys 75th Anniversary
  logo. (2000). Retrieved June 24, 2004
  http//www.flight100.org/history/us/html