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    This document provides a brief overview of the history of aviation, covering developments in lighter-than-air flight, heavier-than-air flight, aircraft structures, aviation in San Diego, high performance aircraft, unmanned aircraft, rotorcraft, air and space mail, and aviation fun facts. Some of the key events and developments mentioned include the Wright Brothers' first sustained powered flight in 1903, Lindbergh's first solo transatlantic flight in 1927, supersonic and hypersonic flight records broken by experimental aircraft, and the introduction of aerial refueling capabilities in the late 1920s and 1930s.

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    This document provides a brief overview of the history of aviation, covering developments in lighter-than-air flight, heavier-than-air flight, aircraft structures, aviation in San Diego, high performance aircraft, unmanned aircraft, rotorcraft, air and space mail, and aviation fun facts. Some of the key events and developments mentioned include the Wright Brothers' first sustained powered flight in 1903, Lindbergh's first solo transatlantic flight in 1927, supersonic and hypersonic flight records broken by experimental aircraft, and the introduction of aerial refueling capabilities in the late 1920s and 1930s.

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    This document provides a brief overview of the history of aviation, covering developments in lighter-than-air flight, heavier-than-air flight, aircraft structures, aviation in San Diego, high performance aircraft, unmanned aircraft, rotorcraft, air and space mail, and aviation fun facts. Some of the key events and developments mentioned include the Wright Brothers' first sustained powered flight in 1903, Lindbergh's first solo transatlantic flight in 1927, supersonic and hypersonic flight records broken by experimental aircraft, and the introduction of aerial refueling capabilities in the late 1920s and 1930s.

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    A Brief History of Aviation

    Lighter-Than-Air
    Heavier-Than-Air
    Early Construction
    San Diego
    High Performance
    Unmanned
    Rotorcraft
    Air ail
    !un !acts
    AE "
    Langley Aerodrome
    "
    AE "
    Lighter-Than-Air
    !rancois de Ro#ier and ar$uis d%Arlandes rode a free-flight& hot-air 'alloon on "(
    )*+ (,-./ de Ro#ier 0as later 1illed attem2ting to cross the English Channel/
    3ac$ues Charles and another rider ascended free-flight in a hydrogen-filled 'alloon
    over Paris in 4( DEC (,-./ *ver 544&444 2eo2le 0itnessed the event/
    adame 6lanchard 0as 1illed 0hen her
    hydrogen 'alloon e72loded during a
    fire0or1s dis2lay that she 0as hosting in
    Paris& 4, 3UL (-(8/
    The Hinden'urg airshi2 e72loded on 49 A:
    (8., over La1ehurst )3/
    ;n (8.-& the US <overnment 2urchased all
    1no0n sources of helium and refused to sell
    any to <ermany/
    USS Los Angeles
    .
    AE "
    Wright Brothers
    Orville and Wilbur Wright succeeded in demonstrating sustained heaver-than-air
    flight on (, DEC (84./ The longest flight on that day 0as =8 seconds/
    The >right 'rothers 0ere granted US Patent -"(.8. for a ?!lying achine?/
    ;n 3A) (8(5& the US Court of A22eals u2held a >right 'rothers la0suit against Curtiss
    Aircraft Com2any/
    The US <overnment started 'uying aviation 2atents in (8(,/
    (4 *CT (85, - US Patent
    *ffice issues a 2atent on
    the )orden 'om'sight& (,
    years after Carl )orden
    a22lied for it/
    >right 6rothers at @itty Ha01
    noteA red type denotes
    material that is admissi'le on
    home0or1 and e7amsB
    5
    AE "
    Aircraft Structures
    DEC (8(= - The 3un1ers 3(& an all-metal& fully-cantilevered-0ing mono2lane& 'egins
    a series of successful test flights/
    DEC (8(8 - Adol2h Rohr'ach develo2s metal-surfaced 0ings 0ith a metal 'o7-s2ar
    internal structure& 0hich 'ecame 1no0n as the ?stressed-s1in? conce2t/
    "5 )*+ (8"5 - )ACA
    Su'committee on metals
    concludes that duralumin
    girders on airshi2
    Shenandoah ?0ill not fail
    'y fatigue in less than 54
    years?/
    4. SEP (8"= -
    Shenandoah is torn a2art
    in a thunderstorm& 1illing
    (5 of 5. a'oard/
    3un1ers 3(
    Shenandoah
    =
    AE "
    Aviation in San Diego
    Glenn Curtiss o2ened a flight school on )orth ;sland in (8((/
    *ther aircraft manufacturers CRyan& Rohr& ConsolidatedD soon follo0ed/
    Charles Lindbergh fle0 the S2irit of St/ Louis CRyan ):PD for the first time over San
    Diego on "- APR (8",/
    Lind'ergh crossed the Atlantic in the S2irit of St/ Louis on "4-"( A: (8",/
    The Convair !":-( Sea Dart& a hydro-s1i
    0ater-'ased fighter& e7ceeds the s2eed of
    sound over San Diego on 4. AU< (8=5/
    Convair 0as a0arded a contract to 'uild
    Atlas missiles in Sorrento +alley on A:
    (8=9/
    9
    AE "
    Need for Speed
    The roc1et-2o0ered E (9. first fle0 in SEP (855& and eventually reached s2eeds
    over ach 4/-=/
    (5 *CT (85,- Chuck Yeager e7ceeds the s2eed of sound/
    Scott Crossfield e7ceeds ach " in a D-==- on "4 )*+ (8=./
    E6-,4 +al1yrie first flight on "( SEP (895F e7ceeds ach . on (5 *CT (89=/
    The E-(= air2lane& 2iloted 'y >3 @night& achieves ach 9/, on 4. oct (89,/
    E6-,4 +al1yrie
    E (9.
    E-(=
    ,
    AE "
    Unmanned Aircraft
    A radio-controlled 2ilotless air2lane 0as flo0n in (8(9/
    (, AU< (8(, - )avy )8 tested as an unmanned ?aerial tor2edo?/
    *n "- SEP (8(-& a radio on one 3)5 air2lane 0as used to fly another 3)5/
    (5 *CT (8.8 - )avy authori#es develo2ment of e$ui2ment for remote-controlled
    flight testing/
    The first fully-automatic transcontinental flight occurred on 4, 3U) (8.9/
    49 AU< (859 - T0o unmanned 6-(, drones are flo0n from Hilo H; to uroc CA/
    )avy )8 CSea2lane version of 3)5D
    -
    AE "
    Rotorcraft
    The first successful flight 'y an autogyro 0as accom2lished 'y 3uan de la Cierva on
    48 3A) (8"./
    A t0in-rotor helico2ter& designed 'y Heinrich !oc1e& 0as successfully flo0n on "9
    3U) (8.9/ ;t set an endurance record of ( hr& "4 min in 3U) (8.,/
    Igor Sikorsky designed the first 2ractical single-rotor helico2ter/ The +S-.44 first
    fle0 in free flight on (. A: (854/
    The cDonnell !lying 6i1e&
    the 0orld%s first ramGet
    2o0ered helico2ter& first fle0
    on "4 AU< (85,/
    cDonnell EH-"4 !lying 6i1e
    8
    AE "
    Air and Space! "ai#
    The USPS first regular air mail route& 'et0een >ashington DC and )e0 :or1& 'egan
    service on (= A: (8(-/
    48 SEP (8.( - Roc1et mail delivery 'egins 'et0een t0o Austrian to0nsF service
    continues until (9 AR (8../
    4- 3U) (8=8 - .&444 letters are carried 'y Regulus missile from su'marine 6ar'ero
    to )AS ay2ort& !L/
    (5 )*+ (894 - !irst letter carried
    'y satellite mail C.( or'its and a
    distance of a'out a million milesDF
    a letter from USA! Chief of Staff
    to the Secretary of Defense&
    recovered from Discoverer E+;;/
    Regulus issile
    (4
    AE "
    Aviation $un $acts
    Aerial RefuelingA
    4. *CT (8(- - Conce2t of inflight refueling demonstrated 'y snatching (== l's of 0eight
    from a moving sea sled/
    (" )*+ (8"( - !irst aerial refueling occurs 0hen >esley ay ste2s from the 0ing of one
    aircraft to that of another 0ith a =-gallon can of gasoline stra22ed to his 'ac1/
    "4 APR (8". - !irst refueling 0ith an actual hose& at Roc10ell !ield in San Diego/
    <eorge Smith eGected from an !-(44 Su2er Sa're flying at ach (/4= over Laguna
    6each on "9 !E6 (8==/ He 0as unconscious for five days& 'ut resumed flying nine
    months later/
    "- DEC (858 - USA! re2orted that "-year investigation had found that there 0as no
    such thing as a Hflying saucerI and that ProGect Saucer at >right-Patterson A!6 had
    'een discontinued/
    ((
    AE "
    Resources
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