Wings #6 Reading Assignment

Chapters 15 and Conclusion

Darian Black

Assignment #6 Wings

April 22, 2014

1.)  In my own opinion I think that one of the most significant impact aviation throughout the first one hundred years of flight was the creation of the engine. According to the book, “Wings” the Wright brothers did not believe that there would be an aircraft that could fly from New York to Paris, they believed that there was no engine that could fly that far of a distance without the engine giving out and failing. During this time aviation was still in its underdeveloped years and getting an aircraft machine to float was the greatest accomplishment back then. But, with the creation of the engine aircraft machines were able to reach new and farther heights when the motor engine was created. Made by the Wright brothers, Alessandro and many other aviation pioneers were able to jumpstart the further development of the engine. For example, the motor engine has developed from being air-cooled, liquid-cooled to be electrically powered and with these many various types of engines aircraft machines have been able to reach new levels of sky showing that anything is possible. Furthermore, I think that the engine was one of the most innovative ideas that has drastically helped advance the development of the aviation throughout time.

2.) I think that the future of aviation from now on is going to advance more and more with each new day that comes. I think that the way in which aviation has developed up until now has inspired more and more other aviation ideas to flourish and become more advanced. I think that the twenty first century aviation is continuing to reach new levels of height. I look forward to seeing cars being able to hover over the ground and airplanes being able to easily reach new planets that are outer space. The way that aviation has developed from the early 1900’s up until now has drastically reached new heights setting the stage for more advanced aircraft machines. For example from the early 1900’s into the twenty first century aviation has developed from blimps, gliders, motorized aircraft, jets, spaceships and the like are just some of the many aircrafts that symbolize how advanced aviation has developed into with a decade. I think that the ideas from some of the all-time aviation pioneers have bounced off of from one another like Otto Lilenthal inspired the Wright brothers to further advance the development of the aircraft. With time there are more advancements that still wait to be made with aircraft and I look forward to seeing them.