A PPT material about the first attempts to fly and the history of aviation made by a student involved in the Comenius multilateral partnership “From Icarus to Interplanetary Travels”

1. Pioneers of Aviation

3.  The balloon is an aircraft consisting of a spherical casing,
waterproof interior filled with hot air or lighter than air gas
(helium or hydrogen). Bubble roof is usually attached as a
platform.
 The cover can be sealed balloon ( with air under pressure) or
it may be provided at the bottom with an opening (through
which the gas, which is lighter than air, can not escape).
 Balloons – how they are called today - are considered a large
group of aerostats, the first category of airships.

5.  1872 – 1950
 He was a Romanian inventor, pioneer of
world aviation;
 On 18 March 1906 he made the first self-
propelled flight ( no catapults or other means
outdoor to support the flight) with a heavier
that air airplane.

7.  1882 – 1942
 He was a Romanian engineer, inventor and
lieutenant who built the “avioplan”;
 His "Avioplan aviation unit" was an invention
patented in Paris on August 26, 1908;
 He used the device only with its engine on to
ascend into the air, then glide with the engine
off, like the modern gliders.

9.  He was from Mehedinţi;
 He was attracted to aviation and the Aeronautical
Complex from Chitila (a school near Bucharest),
founded on November 20, 1909;
 On July 9, 1911 Stefan Protopopescu obtained the
patent as a military pilot, becoming the first
licensed pilot in Romania and the first in the
Roman army;
 Flight for patenting a device called ​​Farman III in
1909, he was eventually built under license in the
workshop from Chitila.

11.  1882 – 1913
 He was a Romanian engineer, inventor and international
pioneer of aviation;
 In his honor, his hometown Binţinţi was renamed after Aurel
Vlaicu’s name;
 He worked at Opel in Rüsselsheim as an engineer plant
 In the fall of 1909 he moved to Bucharest and started
building his first airplane, Vlaicu I at the Army arsenal.
 The plane flied without modifications in 1910
 In 1911 a second plane is built Vlaicu II;

12.  With Vlaicu II he won in 1912, 5 memorable prizes (1 first
prize and 4 second prizes) in air rally at Aspern, Austria;
 The competition brought together between 23 and 30 June
1912, 42 riders from 7 countries, 17 from Austria-Hungary, 7
Germans, 12 French, including Roland Garros, the most
famous pilot of the time, a Russian, a Belgian, a Persian and
a Romanian - Vlaicu;
 On 13 September 1913, during an attempt to cross the
Carpathian Mountains with Vlaicu II airplane, he crashed
near Campina, at Banesti, apparently due to a heart attack.

14.  1872-1936
 He was a French aviator, inventor and engineer;
 In 1909 he performed the complete first flight over a large
expanse of water in a heavier than air aircraft, when he
crossed the English Channel;
 For this achievement he received a prize of £ 1000;
 He is considered the first person to build a functional
monoplane;
 Bleriot was a pioneer of aerial acrobatics.

17.  1888-1946;
 He was the first pilot, builder and trainer of aircraft from
Transylvania;
 After primary school he learned the locksmith trade, where
the apprentice's occupation was very varied;
 Among other things, he worked on an engine that had to
operate without fuel;
 Also he was interested in telegraphy;
 Wanting to increase his knowledge, he went to Switzerland
where he worked in the engine factory, and in Paris for a
period of two years;

18.  Since 1908 he had the opportunity to work in aviation in
Berlin, defining the technical format of an engine and
putting in place a number of projects including: engine
awards at international competitions, an amphibious car, his
own plane;
 In April 1912, Siemens-Schuckert gave him a space with
tools and a 50 hp engine for studies;
 With this engine, Zigler built his first aircraft monoplane
"PFEILFLUGZEUG" (plain arrow) that successfully passed
the test of flight;
 His plane was constructed from inferior materials or old,
therefore he could not use their experience and knowledge;

19.  At 6 weeks after the tragic accident of Vlaicu, Ziegler broke
the height record above Magura Codlea, reaching 3000m
altitude;

21.  1883-1919
 He was a Romanian officer and pioneer of aviation, being
the second aviator patented in Romania after Stefan
Protopopescu;
 He had a poetic nature, writing several books and numerous
articles in support of aviation.

23.  1886-1911
 He was an American aviator and pioneer of aviation,
considered the first that made a takeoff and a landing on a
ship.

25.  1887-1977
 He was a Romanian general, hero and aviator of World War
I and pioneer of aviation , being the third aviator patented
in Romania after Stefan Protopopescu and Mircea Zorileanu
and the second military pilot.
 His name was given to a large military unit called Flotilla 70
Aviation "General of Aviation Engineer George Negrescu".

27.  He was a Roman pioneer of aviation, entrepreneur and
founder of the Society for Technical blast, called later, in
1931, the aircraft factory SET engineer "Gregory
Zamfirescu".