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Sir George Cayley, [1] 6th Baronet (27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857) [2] was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics . Many consider him to be the first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to understand the underlying principles and forces of ...
Aerodynamics work throughout the 19th century sought to achieve heavier-than-air flight. George Cayley developed the concept of the modern fixed-wing aircraft in 1799, and in doing so identified the four fundamental forces of flight - lift, thrust, drag, and weight. The development of reasonable predictions of the thrust needed to power flight ...
George Cayley (1773–1857) – notable for his research in aerodynamics; Clyde Cessna (1879–1954) – early aircraft designer and founder of Cessna; Roy Chadwick (1893–1947) – design engineer for the Avro Company; Roger Chaffee (1935–1967) – Apollo 1 fire victim on January 27, 1967
The British polymath Sir George Cayley patented a continuous track, which he called a "universal railway" in 1825. [2] Polish mathematician and inventor Józef Maria Hoene-WroĊski designed caterpillar vehicles in the 1830s to compete with the railways. [3]
The Aerial Steamer, made by Thomas Moy, sometimes called the Moy-Shill Aerial Steamer, was an unmanned tandem wing aircraft driven by a 3 horsepower (2.2 kW) steam engine using methylated spirits as fuel. It was 14 feet (4.3 m) long and weighed about 216 pounds (98 kg) of which the engine accounted for 80 pounds (36 kg), and ran on three wheels.
September – Sir George Cayley publishes the first part of his seminal paper On Aerial Navigation, setting out for the first time the scientific principles of heavier-than-air flight. [5] 1810. September – Frenchwoman Sophie Blanchard makes a flight starting from Frankfurt, making her the first woman to fly in a balloon in Germany.
Sir George Cayley (1773–1857) is widely acknowledged as the founder of modern aeronautics. He was first called the "father of the aeroplane" in 1846 [15] and Henson called him the "father of aerial navigation."
The earliest wind tunnels were invented towards the end of the 19th century, in the early days of aeronautical research, as part of the effort to develop heavier-than-air flying machines. The wind tunnel reversed the usual situation. Instead of the air standing still and an aircraft moving, an object would be held still and the air moved around it.