UH 4000 Dayton's Aviation Heritage 2014: February 2014

Wings Assignment #3

Darian Black

Honors Dayton Aviation Heritage

Wings Assignment #3

5.) The Air mail service would continue to operate the main intercontinental route from coast to coast through 1926. The response was extraordinary. In the two months following the passage of the Air mail act of 1925. The post Master General received 2,000 inquiries from aspiring airline builders United States Postal Service expanded aviation's advancement for not only travel but for communities.

6.) Charles Lindbergh was an extraordinary young American pilot. He flew from San Diego to
Paris. Lindbergh gained so much respect, honor and admiration from not only Americas but, from the entire world. He was a huge heroic influence in the aviation world.

9.) Aviation during this booming period opened doors for women and African Americans who were interested in flying. Aviators like Amelia Earhart, the Tuskegee airmen and Bessie Coleman pressed as much against the grain of discrimination to fly and their perseverance has opened the door for future African American and women aviators.

Wings Reading #6

My First Flight

I remember my very first ride on an airplane. I was thirteen years old riding along with my aunt Iris and we were going to Orange County, California to visit some family for spring break. In the Columbus International Airlines building I was literally shaking and extremely nervous to get on the airplane. My aunt and I were sitting and waiting until our plane was ready to board us and it was so nerve-wrecking. The only thing on my mind was hoping that the airplane wouldn’t crash and the moment that our plane had pulled up my eyes were so shifty checking to make sure that everything is ok within the airplane, like I was a pilot.

Once we boarded on the plane it was a small plane and the pilot stated that it was going to be a connecting flight from Columbus, Ohio to Chicago, Illinois then from Chicago onto Orange County. While we were waiting for take-off my nervousness went to another level of fear and I closed my eyes while the plane began to drive into a higher speed and the wheels were off the ground and so was the plane. As the plane was elevating into higher altitudes of the air it kind of felt like a roller coaster and my ears were popping and once we were lifted high enough to coast my fear of flight turned into a deep fascination. I was smiling like a little kid and kept looking over my aunts’ shoulder to see the skies from the window. The whole ride until we landed was like a ride to and me I practically ran to the next connecting flight we were supposed to get on to go to California. My first flight was the best I have lost my fear of flight for the time being but the more that I am not flying the more that fear tries to creep back up once in a while but I’m sure when I get on another plane I’ll be just fine.

Wings Reading #5

How do Paper planes fly??

A question I always ask myself whenever I see a paper plane being thrown into the air. With a paper airplane there are four forces in balance that play a large part of keeping the paper airplane in the air. According to an article titled “What makes a paper plane fly” by author Keith Evans states the four major aerodynamics that help make a paper plane fly. The four balances are drag, gravity, lift and thrust. First is the drag this is the air resistance that comes from the behind the paper airplane paper plane needs as little resistance as possible so that front of the paper airplane can properly glide through the air. The second force is gravity, there needs to be as little weight on the paper airplane as possible because gravity pulls things to the ground and the airplane needs to float and stay in the air and have as less pressure like gravity pulling it down to the ground. The third force of balance is the lift. This is the air that is pushing the airplane upwards, the opposite of gravity that pulls the plane down. The more air that is pulling the wings upward the higher the paper plane will fly. And the last force of balance is thrust, this is the forward movement of the airplane as it is gliding in the air. All of these forces of balance are just some of the major aerodynamic factors to that allow the air plane to fly. In addition to these aerodynamic factors there are a few other factors that help make an airplane fly like the design of the airplane, and the thrusting of the airplane. The builder of the airplane determines the wingspan of the airplane and how long or short the wings will be shaped and this will determine how much the wings can stand with gliding in the air. And the builder will determine how far the plane will go by how much thrust and push is being pressured against the airplane to make it glide. In Conclusion, there are many factors that help make a paper airplane fly in the air like aerodynamics and the design of the airplane that help make paper planes fly.

Works Cited:

Evans, Keith. "Aerodynamics: "What makes Paper airplanes fly"." 1. (2014): n. page. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.

Wings Reading #4

Frank Whittle

Turbo Jet Then:

Turbo Jet now:

Ever wonder how an airplane is capable of flying and holding itself in the air, could it be Air resistance? Helium? Wings? All of these plus many more play a huge factor with sustaining planes in the air and Sir Frank Whittle created something that is a vital part of flying an airplane by creating the turbojet engine. The turbojet engine is designed like a large fan with movable propellers to pull in and blows out air. This airflow helps to keep the plane floating in the skies while flying. The weight of the plane is being lifted and carried as long as the turbojet is turning its propellers. After the turbojet engine was created it jumpstarted the creation for other airplane functions, like an elevator, cockpit, vertical stabilizers and flaps to fly efficient planes like they are today.

Works Cited

"Frank Whittle (1907 - 1996)." BBC History. 1.

(2014): n. page. Web. 1 Feb. 2014.

Wings Reading #3

Bessie Coleman

Bessie Coleman, maiden name Elizabeth Coleman was the first African American pilot. She was born on January 26^th, 1892 and died on April 30^th, 1926 in Jacksonville, Florida. Her interest in flying began when she was in her young twenties living with her brothers on the east coast and World War I pilots were coming back from war. Seeing these pilots ignited her passion and desire to want to fly. Sadly at the time racist constraints in America restricted her from practicing which influenced her to learn how to fly out of America like France. In France she took flight lessons and received her license to be a certified pilot. After that she returned to the states and continued to fly. Her drive opened up the door for many other African Americans especially women to become a pilot if they wanted to. Tragically on April 30^th in Jacksonville, she joined with another pilot named, William Willis were on a jet just floating over a terrain when a gear become detached in the jet and fell into a gearbox and got stuck causing the jet to instantly dive and crash killing the two once it hit the ground. Coleman was one of best martyrs during the early/mid 1900s for the African American community. She fought against the odds of being an African American woman in America and passionately followed her dream of becoming a pilot. By doing this she opened the door for future African Americans to become anything that they desired no matter how challenging it may be.