BALLOONS &DIRIGIBLES A INTRODUCTION TO AERO TECH DEVELOPMENT
Jan 02, 2016
BALLOONS &DIRIGIBLESA INTRODUCTION TO AERO TECH
DEVELOPMENT
FRENCH BROTHERS On 25th April 1783 launched the first true hot air
balloon in annonay, France . That rose 305mt before air cooled
On 19th October 1783 in command performance took at the court of Versailles. The first passengers of that flight are sheep, duck and rooster.
Joseph Michael
Montgolfier
FRANCOIS FILATRE DE ROZIER&
MARQUIS D'ARLANDSFirst human passenger and pilots for hot air balloonsRozier alone drifted 25.6m on 15th October 1783 A month later both made a flight of 8.5km in 25min
Jacques Alexandre Cesar CharlesHot air was replaced by hydrogen Hydrogen has very less weight when compared to air On 25th August 1783 he demonstrated a hydrogen
balloon successfully This act was witnessed by Benjamin Franklin
witnessed this event and immediately wrote to scientists of U.S about importance of balloons
On December 1783 Charles and his assistant made a flight of 43km from the garden of the Tuilleries Paris
It is witnessed by 4,00,000 spectators
Jane Pierre BlanchardoOne of the most noticeable person in the history of aeronautical historyoFirst person to cross English channel and first to flyoHe is a barnstormer and experimenter oHe was first to attempt controlled flight with sails and rudders
Sopie Blanchard •First women pilot •She started flying in 1805 •She made 59 ascents and put fir works from her hydrogen balloon
BlanchardFirst woman pilot
ZEPPELINSoCount Ferdinand von zeppelin the inventor of zeppelinoThe first person to realize the importance of rigid body to the dirigibles oHe was the citizen of Friedrichshafen oOn 2nd July 1900 the dirigibles came into existence with full design and they had their flight until the out brake of 1st world waroLZ-127 was ultimate airship it had covered a distance of 1.5 million kilometers