Intersting Story of Airplane

An Airplane is the fastest means of transportation commercially today.

Prior to airplanes, air travel was limited to gliders, hot air balloons, etc. But these were not successful commercially.

Since the advent of the air travel, many attempts have been made for manufacturing an effecient and affordable means of air transportation. With the invention of a power propelled aircraft, the commercial scope of air travel has been met efficiently.

✈️ The Wright Brothers:

                                           💡 In the year, 1903, Wright Brothers, Orville and Wilbur demonstrated the first ever airplane with a propeller. It was the first aircraft carrying a man, Propelled by a machine which flew by its own power at an even speed and descended down without any damage. In the commercial sense, it was the basic design of an aircraft which would change the course of high speed transportation in the modern world.

             Wright Brothers ( Orville And Wilbur ).

                                           💡 The Wright Brothers started with building and testing gliders. In the year 1900, they tested their new biplane glider weighing 50 pounds. Next year, they flew the largest glider ever but this one also faced problems.

    Patent awarded to Wright Brothers's Airplane. 

                                           💡  They conducted some tests and based on them, Wright Brothers thought of building powered aircraft.

                                           💡 Their first airplane was named “ Flyer ” which had a 12 horsepower engine.

               Wright Brothers's Airplane.( Orville piloted the first airplane ).

                                            💡 After this airplane invention of Wright Brothers, inventors started improving on these models.

✈️ Working of an Airplane:

                                               💡 An Airplane flies on the basis of four things - thrust, drag, weight and lift. A propeller helps the plane to move forward with a high speed. This is called thrust. But the air in the atmosphere opposes the speed of the plane. This is called drag. Thus in order to move forward, thrust must be greater than drag. 

   

          Simple Mechanism of an Airplane.

                                               💡 Now, to move upwards in the sky, the plane needs to have a lift which can overcome the barrier of the plane's  weight. For this purpose, wings are used.

          Way of an Airplane Flying with Wings. 

                                               💡 Airplane wings are curved from top and linear from below. Thus, air moves faster on top of wing and slower below. This lifts the plane up in the air. The wings help in changing the direction of the plane by rolling on either side.  By lifting up the nose, the pitch of the plane can be raised. The pitch of the plane means to climb up or descend down.

          Lifting Mechanism Of an Airplane.

     

                                               💡 An Airplane's “ blackbox ” is a device which records Conditions and events on an air vessels. A “ blackbox ” is actually orange in color to make it more visible in the wreckage. The term black box might come from its charred appearance after an airplane crash.

            Mechanism of Blackbox in an Aircraft.

                                           

                                               💡 The outer skin of an airplane is only 5 mm thick. During takeoff, when full of high pressure air, the take-off weight is increased by about a ton...  

“ When Everything Seems To Be Going Against You, Remember That The Airplane Takes Off Against The Wind, Not With It. ”

                                        — Henry Ford.