1. Airport — 2023-10-11 15:23:36

   …g World War I, Southampton became a major post for military aircraft, these were mainly **'Flying Boats'**. These war planes became Britain’s first commercial flying boats, and the newspapers of the time reported that Southampton Water had b…
   …sea ports were already established around the world. A **pilot** (one who steers a ship) was then required to guide the plane to open water ready for take-off. Between the wars, the Solent area in [[Hampshire]] became a hub for aircraft product…

2. Steam Engine — 2023-10-08 00:19:36

   …ly, unlike the Newcomen engine, the Watt engine operated smoothly enough to be connected to a drive shaft—via sun and planet gears—to provide rotary power. In early steam engines the piston is usually connected to a balanced beam, rather tha…

3. Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51

   …agnetron. This produced a compact source of short-wave radio waves and allowed Fighter Command to detect incoming enemy planes from a much greater distance. == Microwaves == The invention of the **Magnetron** directly led to the invention of th…

4. Air Traffic Control — 2023-10-07 10:51:35

   …ffic Control Tower. {{TOC}} Croydon Airport grew out of Beddington Aerodrome. This opened in 1915 as a base from which planes attempted to defend London from German Zeppelins. After the war two aerodromes were combined to become Croydon Aerodro…

5. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …ating on a layer of air. This would reduce friction between the surface and the vehicle. ^^"The Admiralty said it was a plane and not a boat, the Royal Air Force said it was a boat and not a plane, the Army were plain not interested." ^^ //Quote…
   …Ministry of Supply to back his project. He had a hard time trying to convince the military: the Admiralty said it was a plane not a boat; the RAF said it was a boat not a plane; and the Army were "plain not interested". The irony is that it has…

6. Charlie Chaplin — 2021-08-20 11:11:51

   …gures in motion-picture history. At the height of his fame he was the **most internationally recognized person** on the planet. ::c:: == Rags to Riches == Chaplin's life was the ultimate rags to riches tale. His early years were spent with his …

7. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

   …"left" width="300" title="Stringfellows model at the Great Exhibition" }} Stringfellow demonstrated a steam-powered triplane at an exhibition arranged by the '''Aeronautical Society of Great Britain''' (founded in 1866) at the Crystal Palace, L…
   …ondon, in 1868. The plane was flown indoors from a wire unmanned at twenty miles per hour in front of the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sunderl…
   … Tri-wing design influenced by Chanute. {{Image url="Strngflw2.jpg" class="right" width="300" title="Rear view of his plane" }} ::cl:: Before he died 1883 Stringfellow had this to say ^^"Somebody must do better than I before we succeed with a…
   …Four years before the Wright brothers, Pilcher, born in Bath [[Somerset]] in 1866, had constructed his own tri-wing aeroplane. Pilcher had successfully flown several gliders and trialed his plane for powered flight. Percy arranged for a demon…

8. Jet airliner — 2020-11-30 22:29:36

   …iner. It was developed and manufactured by de Havilland at its Hatfield Aerodrome, [[Hertfordshire]], [[England]]. The plane was beautifully shaped with an aerodynamically clean design. Four de Havilland Ghost [[Jet_Engine| turbojet]] engines w…

9. Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25

   …ft" title="Gloster Meteor E.28/39" }} Gloster's chief designer, George Carter, worked closely with Whittle to design a plane. The engine was built from various test parts and they called it the W.1X, which ran for the first time on '''December…

10. Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13

    …n just a short time after the death of Galileo, one of the greatest scientists of all time. Galileo had proved that the planets revolve around the sun, not the earth as people thought at the time. This led Newton to improve [[Reflecting_Telescop…
    …e| Telescopes]]. But no one had been able to explain why the planets stayed in their orbits. == Enter the Apple == According to the well-known story, it was on seeing an apple fall in …
    …1665 or 1666 that Newton conceived that the same force that acted on the apple also governed the motion of the Moon and planets. {{Image url="Apple_falling.gif" class="right" }} When he saw the apple fall, Newton began to think about a specific …

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