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Sir George Cayley "Sir George Cayley – The Man: His Work" a 1954 Flight article "Aerodynamics in 1804" a 1954 Flight art "Cayley's 1853 Aeroplane" a 1973 Flight article; Ackroyd, J.A.D. "Sir George Cayley, the father of Aeronautics". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London 56 (2002) Part 1 (2), pp167–181, Part 2 (3), pp333–348 ...
Six Days, Seven Nights is a 1998 American action-adventure comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, produced by Reitman and Roger Birnbaum, and starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche. The screenplay was written by Michael Browning. It was filmed on location in Kauai, and released on June 12, 1998. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for ...
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 ...
Conquest of the Air is a 1936 documentary film or docudrama on the history of aviation up to that time. The film features historical footage, and dramatic re-creations, of the developments of commercial and military aviation; including the early stages of technological developments in design, propulsion, and air navigation aids.
Jacqueline Obradors (born October 6, 1966 [2]) is an American actress. She has appeared in films such as Six Days, Seven Nights (1998), Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999), Tortilla Soup (2001), A Man Apart (2003) and Unstoppable (2004). [3] She is also the voice of Audrey Rocio Ramirez in Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
7 October – Francisque Arban takes off from Barcelona, but his balloon is blown over the Mediterranean Sea and is lost. Sir George Cayley launches a 10-year-old boy in a small glider being towed by a team of people running down a hill. This is the first known flight by a person in a heavier-than-air machine.
2003 Cayley Flyer Replica. Built by BAE Systems at Brough and sponsored by Virgin Atlantic, the replica was flown by Sir Richard Branson at Brompton Dale, Scarborough to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the flight of Sir George Cayley's original light in 2003. De Havilland Dove G-ARUM/G-DDCD. Used by the National Coal Board as an Executive ...
George Cayley constructed a slope-launched glider that flew with a pilot in 1853. Starting in the 1880s, advancements were made in aerodynamics and construction that led to the first truly practical gliders; this information was often shared and published by early aviators and inventors, building a long series of incremental achievements.