A Report On The Air Service

The first flight occurred in 1903 when the Wright brothers famously took their airplane for a final test flight in December. In the years after this historic flight many people start to see the potential for airplanes in war, transportation, and shipping. Other builders disregarded previous doubt about flying and began to replicate the ideas of the Wright brothers in creating planes with three axes. In addition, the approach of WWI prompted military personnel to pursue uses of airplanes as a war machine. The airplane influenced many aspects of American culture after it’s invention including civilian life, war technology, and individual possibility.

It has always been the dream of mankind wanting to join the birds in the sky, many innovators created various contraptions to achieve flight. On December 17, 1903, two brothers by the name of Wilbur and Orville Wright decided to test their contraption and it was successful. This event changed the course of aviation as the contraption known as Flyer 1 became the first successful powered heavier-than-air flight.

These changes helped their flights last longer and were now able to be used as a way of transportation. By the year of 1908 they had signed a contract with the U.S. Army for production of the Wright plane. In 1918 the airmail service began and in 1920 the government established the first transcontinental airmail service, making a great impact in the nation. Another way in which planes have made an impact in history was in war, for example, World War 1. The military began using planes which were loaded with bombs. Planes were used to gather information, machine guns were put in the planes to have air combats. In the second war, World War II, Germany used powerful aircraft in their military strategy called blitzkrieg. Another devastating impact that was made with the use of airplanes was the attack on Pearl

The 1920s was a decade of prosperity and prelude to the diverse introduction of new technologies. At the same time the automobile became popular, aircraft began to develop. Although during the World War II, aircraft is widely used to attack into enemy lines, prior to this, aircraft was used to deliver mail and compete for the distance it could fly without making any stop. One such aviator, Charles A. Lindbergh challenged to the first solo transatlantic flight and in a moment, he became one of the America’s most beloved hero.

World War 1(WW1) introduced many different types of machinery and weaponry to the world. It was known to be the greatest enhancements technological warfare. It introduced many different types of machinery and weaponry to the world. Some examples would include the first models of tanks, machine guns, airplanes and aircraft carriers(History 1). As the war progressed in years, the weapons and machines got substantially better. These improvements contributed and influenced modern war tactics which in the end, results in an overall more deadlier war.

The weapons used in World War II drastically changed from the weapons used in World War I. Assault rifles changed from bolt action which were used later back in the late 1800’s to semi and fully automatic weapons that were made at the beginning of World War II and to be used throughout the rest of the war. The tanks also were upgraded putting bigger and better lightweight machine guns at the top to keep enemies down while infantry advanced (Crowl and Love 163). The advancement in the aviation department increased heavily, by time the war approached the Pacific, the Americans had several different type of aircrafts for certain duties. They had medium bombers, heavy bombers, fighter bombers, and fighters (Crowl and Love 158).

WW1 changed Aviation from small little planes to long range bombers and fighter pilots. This war added a air force to most countries which also made it so we would have big planes and more dangliest planes. These planes would set the corse to modern planes. This also made it so the world traveled by air. WW1 made modern aviation possible to

Wilbur and Orville Wright were American inventors, best known for their invention of the first airplane in 1903. The History Organization says, “It was the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight; they surpassed their own milestone two years later when they built and flew the first fully practical airplane.”

Planes in World War One were originally used for spying on troops and delivering supplies to troops.Evently the planes used in World War One were turned into fighter aircrafts and were armed with bombs, machine guns and sometime even cannons, with the fighter aircrafts it made fighting easier for the troops as they could now drop bombs in the trenches and shoot people from a safer rang making it more efficient and safe. Two planes would sometimes fight in the sky, these were know as dogfights. “At the start of World War One, aircraft were very basic and crude. By the time World War One had ended, aircraft had become far more sophisticated and had differentiated into fighters, bombers and long-range bombers. The development of aircraft was stimulated by the war’s requirements, as was the way aircraft were actually used. At the start of the war in August 1914, British airmen were part of the British Army and commissioned officers had army ranks. By the end of the war in November 1918, the Royal Flying Corps no longer existed and was absorbed into the newly created Royal Air Force. This had its own command structure away from the army and introduced its own ranks.” (No

The first plane was tested at Fort Meyer, Virginia, on Aug. 20, 1908. On this date, Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge died while flying with Orville Wright, which was the first military aviation casualty. After more testing and improvements came to the aircraft, the U.S. Army accepted the first plane on Aug. 2, 1909, which was called “Airplane No. 1.”

twelve seconds, and it had been the first successful, powered, piloted flight ever recorded. Finally, on November 9, 1904, Wilbur Wright had made history when the first flight lasting more than five minutes took place (“Wright Brothers”).

The first ever flight was on December 17, 1903 by the Wright Brother’s Wright Flyer I (Wright Brothers). After years of development

World War One was when technology started to modernize weaponry and warfare. One of the modernized weaponry that they used in World War One was airplanes. Airplanes were a turning point in warfare because it allowed them to attack from the skies. There were many different types of airplanes used in World War One but I chose one classic to talk about. Three most used classics during the war are the Sopwith Camel Biplanes, the Gotha G V, and the Bristol Type Twenty-Two. I chose to talk about the Sopwith Camel Biplanes.

In World War 1, planes would play an important role for all sides participating in the war. Early forms of planes were normally unarmed and they would be used for reconnaissance. Eventually, these planes would have machine guns installed to them and this would turn them into fighter planes. In World War 1, the situation on the ground would slow down to become trench warfare. In this version of fighting, fighter planes would offer a strategic advantage as they could attack enemies from the sky and force air superiority on them. From the fighting, many different types of aircraft would be created to serve purposes such as being a scout, night bomber, night fighter, or ground attacker. This would help to pave the way for the post war aircrafts

The Wright brothers invented the first airplanes. “During 1890 while Orville and Wilbur Wright were working in a bicycle shop, the Wright Brothers got