IndexIntroductionHistoryDevelopment in the Aviation IndustryConclusionIntroductionThe purpose of this essay is to describe, in my opinion, one of the most historic and important milestones in the aerospace industry. I will talk about the first powered flight undertaken by Orville and Wilbur Wright, better known as the Wright brothers. They committed aviation for the first time (and then three more) on December 17, 1903 after four extensive years of research and development into their aircraft called the "Wright Flyer". The first flight in a heavier-than-air aircraft was made at a location known as Kitty Hawk in North Carolina (USA), which at the time would have been a deserted beach. They would choose this location because it would be one of the safest options for a number of reasons, one of which is that there would be no houses or people around if something went wrong, which would greatly reduce the chances of death, damage, or injury. and another being, if they were to crash, would most likely fall into the sea or beach, rather than onto the rocks or concrete floor, which would increase their chances of survival if that happened. In addition to these two reasons, the seafront will have provided wind to help the plane glide. Kitty Hawk is now a beach town that attracts large numbers of visitors and residents year-round. It now consists of a village, a maritime forest, and not to mention the Wright Brothers National Memorial. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayHistoryOrville Wright, born August 19, 1871 and died January 30, 1948 and Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 and died May 30, 1912 were two American brothers who grew up in Ohio. The two brothers were essentially self-taught scientists, engineers, and inventors with a total of 7 years of high school between them. In 1889, Orville dropped out of high school and began his attempt to launch a newspaper. He started a printing business after designing and building his own printing press with the help of his brother. A short time later, Wilbur joined Orville in the printing shop and they launched their own weekly newspaper known as the "West Side News". Only a year later, the success of the brothers' newspaper became evident and they changed it from a weekly to a daily newspaper and called it "The Evening Item" but unfortunately it only lasted four months. In 1892, the brothers decided to open a bicycle repair and sales shop named "Wright Cycle Exchange", later changed to "Wright Cycle Company". In 1896 they decided to launch their own brand of bicycles, designed and produced in-house by the two of them. The brothers had a burning passion for flying and used their bicycle business to finance it. In the first half of the 1890s the brothers became fascinated by Otto Lilienthal's gliders and decided to follow in his footsteps. They set to work designing their own gliders so they could master artistic control before attempting to add an engine to a plane and fly it. I believe that early powered flight had a colossal impact on the design, development and structure of modern aircraft. When the Wright brothers made the first powered flight, they used their design of a glider, and Orville was the first to test it. He lay down on the lower level of the two-level plane to improve aerodynamics. Their very first powered aircraft consisted of a double variable-chamber canard (a feature that can change the camber of the main airfoil during flight) that was used to control the aircraft's pitch. At the rear of the aircraft there was a double rudder which was used for controlthe yaw. A wing warping system (developed and patented by the Wright brothers) was also used to control the roll of the aircraft, this is a combination of pulleys and cables that would twist the trailing edges of the wings in opposite directions. These basic, but complex at the time, systems were used in the first powered flight (such as wing warping) are now very obsolete but, especially at the time, the Brothers believed it was the only system that could be used to control a plane. The fact that they patented this system started and accelerated the process of someone coming up with a new design to control the roll of an airplane during flight. This was because people didn't want or couldn't afford to pay taxes to use the Wright brothers' design, so other people and companies were forced to invent their own. Nowadays, instead of the Wright brothers' original design for the wing-warping system, ailerons are used to control the roll of an airplane. The first aileron was designed in 1868 by an inventor known as Matthew Piers Watt Boulton. The word aileron is French and literally translates to “Small Wing”. Ailerons are now used on the edge of each wing and work by moving in opposite directions to each other to increase or decrease lift in one wing while doing the opposite with the other wing which in turn causes the wing to roll. airplane. the aileron was first invented in 1868, powered flight didn't exist yet, so his theory and idea died out pretty quickly. Once the aerospace industry began to prosper, they quickly came back into fashion. They began to become increasingly popular starting in 1908, when a lot of research was conducted and it could be shown that ailerons were much more practical and effective than warping wings, not to mention that they did not weaken the wing of the aircraft. structure. By 1911 most aircraft designs incorporated ailerons to control roll rather than wing deformation, and to this day ailerons are still the best method for controlling an aircraft's roll. Development in the Aviation Industry Early powered flight was very beneficial as it allowed humanity to see that it was possible to travel in this way and that there could be hundreds if not thousands of different applications of the principle of flight. It opened channels where questions and curiosities poured in. It opened people's minds to what else could be achieved and filled people with the ambition and drive to put themselves out there to explore and develop the sector further. This contributed to the development of the aerospace industry as a whole as people began to design new, easier, safer and more efficient ways of flying. Undeniably, the first powered flight was what started the aviation revolution. Most commonly, the main catalyst for the development of technology is war. However, once everyone realized the endless opportunities and possibilities that aviation offered, their desire to learn was more than enough to develop and advance the industry, which led to steady progress for several years to follow . From the first flight with two main wings and no fuselage with room for just one person to lie down, to today's planes that can carry hundreds of passengers and unthinkable amounts of cargo, this is an incredible development. It only took 4 years for the Wright brothers to realize that they could use the airplane to carry more than just the pilot. In 1907 they launched their "Wright Model A", which was the first two-seater airplane in which?