Tell about invention of an Air Plane ?

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Man’s romance with skies started back in 18th century when Hot Air Balloon was launched in France

This amazing invention was done by Montgolfier Brothers in 1783.

François Laurent d'Arlandes and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier were passengers of the first flight

But there was one problem with these hot air balloons that they could not be directed to the location one wanted to visit. Rather wind was one that decided destination and direction of balloon.

With more research and time invested in the concept of flying in the air, gradually led to invention of gliders.

This non motorized flying mechanism was better than the hot air balloon. Earliest glider that could really fly was developed by George Cayel. And in 1843

William Henson made the plans for model plane which unfortunately proved to be a disappointment for him,

And soon after, his friend named John Stingfellow designed a plane with the same model and succeeded. This plane managed to fly but did not stay in the air for a long time.

Year 1880 witnessed earliest steam power airplanes. And during this time, Hiram Maxiam came up with steam powered flying machine too.

Samuel Langley also tried his hand on the steam powered planes and introduced one in 1894, the one that covered around 0.8 kms in around 1½ minutes.

Then he designed another plane but its flights led to crashing in the lake. And finally in 19th century, the heroes- Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright

that are known to endow successful Aeroplane, became interested in the concept of flying.

They chose Kitty Hawk in North Carolina as the test site due its sand, wind, hilly terrain, and the remote location.

. In year 1900, the Wright brothers tested the new biplane glider with 17 foot wing warping technique and wingspan, weighing 50 pound at the Kitty Hawk, in piloted as well unmanned flights

Based on the glider’s results, the brothers planned on refining landing gear and controls and designed a larger glider.

at the Kill Devil Hill in North Corolina, the brothers flew largest glider ever. With 100 pound weight and 22 foot wingspan, the boys geared up for their glider’s flight

But as nothing comes easy, the glider faced problems too.

The wings did not have enough power to lift, forward elevator was not that effective and its wing warping technology caused it to spin out of control occasionally.

In spite of all the problems being faced by them, Wrights refused to give up

They were fighters in true sense; they keep reviewing the test results till they found out that the calculations used for the mechanism were not up to the mark.

Then they thought of building wind tunnel for testing the wing shapes and their effect on the lift

Based on the tests, the inventors tried to understand how airfoil wing worked and calculated how well a wing design could work. Their plan was to design the new glider with around 32 foot wingspan and tail for stabilization.

the Wrights flew a number of test glides of the new glider. Their research showed that a movable tail would be of help in balancing craft