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BARNSTORMING, RECORDS ATTEMPTS
AND AIRLINES
1918 – 1939
• IGOR I. SIKORSKY WAS A RUSSIAN IMIGRANT WHO
DEVELOPED MANY AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE HELICOPTER
AND LARGE FLYING BOATS
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• AMEILIA EARHART WAS AN EARLY FEMALE PILOT BORN IN
ATCHINSON KANSAS WHO SET SPEED AND DISTANCE
RECORDS
RECORDS ATTEMPTS
1918 – 1939
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WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
• EARLY SUCCESSFUL WERE THE BRITISH FAIRLY SWORDFISH
AND GLOSTER GALDIATOR
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WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
• EARLY FIGHTER OPPONENTS DURING THE BATTLE OF
BRITAIN WERE THE MESSERSCHMITT 109, SUPERMARINE
SPITFIRE AND HAWKER HURRICANE
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WORLD WAR II
1939 - 1945
• IN THE PACIFIC FRONT JAPANESE ZEROS WERE FOUGHT BY
AMERICAN VOLUNTERS FLYING CURTIS P-40 FOR THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT
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JETS AND SPEED
• THE EARLY AMERICAN JET FIGHTER AIRCRAFT WERE IN
DEVELOPMENT AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II
• THESE AIRCRAFT WERE THE P-59 AIRACOMET AND P-80
SHOOTING STAR
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JETS AND SPEED
• DURING THE LATE 1940’s DURING WERE MANY JET BOMBER
DESIGNS BUILT AND FLOWN TO EXPERIMENT WITH HIGH
SPEED JET POWERED AIRCRAFT. THESE INCLUDE THE B-45,
B-46, B-48 AND B-49
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• VERY LARGE JET AIRLINERS WERE DEVELOPED AND PUT
INTO COMMERCIAL SERVICE DURING THE 1960’S. THESE
INCLUDED THE DOUGLAS DC-10, LOCKHEED L-1011 AND
BOEING 747.
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• IN APRIL 1961 THE RUSSIANS AGAIN STARTLED THE WORLD
BY LAUNCHING YURI GAGARIN IN A VOSTOK SPACE CRAFT
ORBITING THE WORLD
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• ON MAY 6 1961 NASA LAUNCHED ALAN SHEPARD IN
“FREEDOM 7”, THE FIRST AMERICAN HUMAN SUBORBITAL
FLIGHT
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• MERCURY SPACECRAFT “FRIENDSHIP 7” CARRIED
ASTRONAUT JOHN H. GLENN Jr. TO BECOME THE FIRST
AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962.
GLENN CIRCLED THE EARTH THREE TIMES. THE SPACE
FLIGHT LASTED 4 HOURS AND 55 MINUTES.
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• LESSON FROM THE VIETNAM WAR WERE USED TO DESIGN
NEW MILITARY FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
• THESE AIRCRAFT WERE THE F-15 EAGLE, F-16 FIGHTING
FALCON AND THE A-10 THUNDERBOLT II
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• AS A CONTINUATION OF SPACE EXPLORATION NASA
DEVELOPED THE SPACE SHUTTLE. THE SPACE SHUTTLE
WAS DESIGNED TO PLACE A CREW INTO EARTH ORBIT FOR
EXPERIMENTATION PURPOSES
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• COMMERICAL AIRLINERS WERE DEVELOPED TO BE MORE
ECONOMICAL TO OPERATE. THESE AIRCRAFT INCLUDE THE
BOEING 757/767747-400 AND MCDONNEL-DOUGLAS MD-11.
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• MILITARY AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED THE NEW F-117 FIGHTER
AND B-2 BOMBER TO ENTER HIGH THREAT MILITARY AREAS
UNDETECTED BY RADAR. THESE AIRCRAFT USE THEIR
SEALTH CHARACTERISTICS FOR THEIR PROTECTION.
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE ASSOCIATION WAS FOUND IN
THE 1950’S TO PROMOTE BUILDING OF PRIVATE
EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. THE TREND HAS GROWN AND
TODAY MANY AIRCRAFT SUCH AS THE RV SERIES, LANCAIR
AND OTHERS ARE BEING BUILT ALL OVER THE WORLD
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SPACE AND BEYOND
• THE WARBIRD MOVEMENT HAS SAVE MANY MILITARY
AIRCRAFT FROM BEING DESTORYED. TODAY MANY
AIRSHOWS FEATURE WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN WAR
FIGHTERS FLYING WITH THEIR MODERN BROTHERS
