- Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36
…Image url="Supermarine.jpg" class="right" title="Early Supermarine Flying Boat" width="450" }} == Flying Boats == When aviation kicked off one of the major problems of flying to a destination was finding somewhere for the aircraft to land. The fly…
- Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…ge_Cayley.jpg" title="George Cayley" Born="1773" Died="1857" }} Cayley from Scarborough [[Yorkshire ]] was an early aviation pioneer who experimented with gliders. In 1799 he set in place the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flyi…
…elHenson.jpg" title="William Samuel Henson" width="200" Born="1812" Died="1888" }} Long before the **Wright brothers** aviation engineer and inventor Henson, born in Nottingham England, Henson worked in Chard lace-making business. In 1842 he des…
…in England. Henson married and emigrated in 1849 to the United States, while Stringfellow continued to experiment with aviation. ::c:: == Steam powered flight == {{Image url="StringfellowModel.jpg" class="right" title="Model of Stringfellow aircra… - Pop Rivet — 2020-08-17 14:41:51
…shire]] [[England]] also began manufacturing the "Pop" rivet as war increased the need for aircraft. {{tag ids="Rivet Aviation Engineer Production"}}…
- Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…is new idea about jet propulsion to the Air Ministry to see if there would be any interest and give Britain the edge in aviation. The RAF returned the idea to Whittle, they referred to the design as // "impracticable."// {{Image url="Whittlestuden…
…s a pub called the **Whittle**. == Shrinking the World == ~& The jet engine remains the single greatest revolution in aviation since the Wright brothers flight in 1903. Imagine a world now without this invention. The jet engine made long haul c… - Motor Racing Circuit — 2018-05-20 20:38:53
…ed within the Track in 1909 and this soon attracted many pioneer aviators who collectively helped to create the British aviation industry and was the home of [[Concorde]]. {{Image url="BrooklandsNapier.jpg" class="right" title="Brooklands Napier" …
- English Language — 2018-01-26 21:45:55
…nd the world. English is the primary international language in many fields including communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, radio and diplomacy. Over two-thirds of the world's scientists read in English. Three quarters of the w…
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