The First Home-Built Aeroplanes

Author: Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840334494
Category : Airplanes, Home-built
Languages : en
Pages : 108

Book Description
These days anybody can build his or her own aeroplane in their garage or shed but back in the 1930s it was a different story. Aircraft were considered too complex for the ordinary man, F J Camm, champion of do-it-yourself, thought otherwise and started Practical Mechanics magazine which told the reader how to make all sorts of things at home. In 1935 he published a series of articles on how to build the Flying Flea aircraft which created a sensation. Although this aircraft was not a success, it sowed the seeds of amateur flying in what today we know as D-I-Y Man. When the Flying Flea was grounded because of mishaps, Practical Mechanics again rose to the challenge with the tiny Luton Minor and told its readers exactly how to make one at home. The 1939-45 war stopped everything and when peace returned home-built aircraft were effectively banned until Arthur W J G Ord-Hume,a post-war pioneer in amateur aviation, revived the pre-War Minor design and battled with the authorities to get amateur aircraft flying again, with his new Luton Minor becoming the first British design to gain post-war approval. In this fascinating and unique book all of the Practical Mechanics home-built aircraft articles are reprinted just as they were published from the Flying Flea to the LA.4a Minor.

The Propeller under the Bed

Author: Eileen A. Bjorkman
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295741457
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 225

Book Description
On July 25, 2010, Arnold Ebneter flew across the country in a plane he designed and built himself, setting an aviation world record for aircraft of its class. He was eighty-two at the time and the flight represented the culmination of a dream he’d cultivated since his childhood in the 1930s. Eileen Bjorkman — herself a pilot and aeronautical engineer — frames her father’s journey from teenage airplane enthusiast to Air Force pilot and Boeing engineer in the context of the rise, near extermination, and ongoing interest in homebuilt aircraft in the United States. She gives us a glimpse into life growing up in a “flying family” with two pilots for parents, a family plane named Charlie, and quite literally, a propeller under her parents’ bed. From early airplane designs serialized in magazines to the annual Oshkosh Fly-in where you can see experimental aircraft on display, Bjorkman offers a personal take on the history of building something in your garage that you can actually (and legally) fly as well as how the homebuilt aircraft movement has contributed to aviation and innovation in America. Watch the book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8PvowEMkmQ

Homebuilt Aircraft

Author:
Publisher: PediaPress
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 661

Book Description

The Early History of the Airplane

Author: Wilbur Wright
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 47

Book Description
'The Early History of the Airplane' is a fantastic book about aviation developments in the late 19th to early 20th century, written by the Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright. They were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane. They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer, south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, at what is now known as Kill Devil Hills. The brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.

Chasing the Morning Sun

Author: Manuel Queiroz
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1909166766
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
The first pilot to fly around the world in a homebuilt plane tells his remarkable story in this memoir of determination, courage and adventure. After beating cancer, Manuel Queiroz was ready to take on a life-changing goal—and decided that he would fly solo around the world. Five years later, he not only fulfilled that dream—setting six world speed records in the process—but did it in a plane he built himself. Now he shares the incredible story of his record-breaking journey in Chasing the Morning Sun. Over the course of thirty-nine days, Manuel flew 27,056 miles, making eighteen stops in twelve different countries. With no copilot to take over the controls or ground staff to handle repairs, Manuel flew through sandstorms in the Saudi desert and faced the ever-present threat of mechanical failure over an inhospitable ocean. Manuel was honored by the Royal Aero Club with their highest award, the Britannia Trophy, which was bestowed on him by His Royal Highness the Duke of York. Chasing the Morning Sun is both a rousing tale of adventure and the inspirational story of a man realizing his lifelong ambition.

How We Invented the Airplane

Author: Orville Wright
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486256627
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Filled with rare photographs and featuring accounts written by the Wright Brothers themselves, this fascinating firsthand history covers the brothers' early experiments, their construction of planes and motors, the first test flights, life after Kitty Hawk, and much more. Introduction and commentary by Fred C. Kelly. 76 black-and-white photographs.

The Early History of the Airplane

Author: Orville Wright
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781515315193
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
"While we were standing about discussing this last flight, a sudden strong gust of wind struck the machine and began to turn it over. Everybody made a rush for it. Wilbur, who was at one end, seized it in front, Mr. Daniels and I, who were behind, tried to stop it by holding to the rear uprights. All our efforts were vain. The machine rolled over and over. Daniels, who had retained his grip, was carried along with it, and was thrown about head over heels inside of the machine. Fortunately he was not seriously injured, though badly bruised in falling about against the motor, chain guides, etc. The ribs in the surfaces of the machine were broken, the motor injured and the chain guides badly bent, so that all possibility of further flights with it for that year were at an end." The Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, on 17th December 1903. They were not the first to build and fly aircraft, but they invented the controls that were necessary for a pilot to steer the aircraft, which made fixed wing powered flight possible. The Early History of the Airplane consists of three brief essays about the beginnings of human flight. Aside from an incredible historic work, The Early History of the Airplane teaches the reader the true essence of creative problem solving: how to think, how to solve a problem, and the processes that are required in executing any project from start to finish.

Homebuilt Airplanes

Author: Peter Garrison
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
ISBN: 9780877011491
Category : Airplanes, Home-built
Languages : en
Pages : 95

Book Description

Flight of a Lifetime

Author: William Randolph
Publisher: Barkentine
ISBN: 9780615524795
Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
"An adventure-filled, over-27,000-nautical-mile flight around the world by a seventy-six-year-old pilot who built the airplane himself"--Page [iv].

On with the Next

Author: Terry Taylor
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Described as a genius by some, John F. Taylor was a pioneer in aviation. He designed and built Britain's first post-war homebuilt aeroplane in his first floor flat in East London, garnering media attention nationwide. With affordability and simplicity being John's goal from the outset, the Taylor Monoplane proved so popular that he then went on to produce his second plane, the Taylor Titch. Few British homebuilt aircraft have gone on to be made in such quantity, or in so many countries. Written by John's son Terry and granddaughter Emma, On with the Next tells the fascinating story of how, through his unswerving determination and innovation, this everyday engineer became such a well-loved name in the world of homebuilt aircraft and the legacy he left behind.