AVS 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Octave Chanute, Otto Lilienthal, Truss Bridge
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Daedalus & icarus: minoan ages, feather & wax, first in flight structural failure. Friar roger bacon - england (circa 1250: heavier than air concept (air support, flapping wings-ornithopters, bacon history, more bacon stuff. Leonardo da vinci- italy (circa 1550: flapping-wing device, ornithopter 1400"s-1800"s, parachute, helicopter. Horatio phillips - england (1884: double surface aerofoil sections. Otto lilienthal - germany (1896: the site of the gliding experiments & the crashed glider. Octave chanute usa (1896: pratt truss system - gliders, support with crossbeam to work together, early gliding experiments in the indiana dunes. Joseph & etienne montgolfier brothers - france (1783: hot air balloons, first appearance june 4, 1783, first aerial passengers: sheep, rooster, duck. Sept 18, 1783: first successful test pilot: derozier. Henri giffard france (1852: dirigible (1st steerable balloon) The zeppelin airship: count ferdinand von zeppelin - germany (circa 1900: rigid airships, details of airships, airship timeline. Samuel p. langley - usa (1903: aerodrome.
