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Ravofox

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DRGN Juno said:
Finally, 1896. This year in aviation history, Otto Lilienthal (who I mentioned a few pages back), crashes one of his gliders on August 9th after being upset by a gust of wind. He breaks his back and passes away the following day on August 10th. Now it's easy to attribute the accident to primitive controls or lightweight design, but it's easy to forget that we are all at the mercy of our environment. For example, we have the 1985 crash of Delta 191, with a simple change in wind direction being enough to down a heavy, well-engineered Lockheed L-1011.

Lilienthal's work is among the most significant in the development of the aeroplane, paving the way for flight as we know it today. Aerodynamics and principles of flight were making great strides by the time of his death. But despite his advancements, he remained humble enough to remind others that the work was far from over:

"At the end I want to ask you not to take my achievements for more than they are. Through the photographic pictures, where you can see me flying high above in the sky, one can get the impression that the problem is already solved. That is not at all the case. I have to admit that it will still take quite a lot of work to turn this simple gliding into a long-term human flight. The achievements so far are for human flight nothing more than the first insecure steps of a child meant to imitate the walk of men."
-Otto Lilienthal, at a lecture in 1894

While he likely had some idea of what was to come, he would never see the culmination of his research less than a decade later, when the Wright brothers made the first powered, controlled, heavier -than-air flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (December 17, 1903). And with that 120 foot hop, we entered the era of the modern aeroplane.

I'm likely to miss 1903 due to such luxeries as "sleep," so this is a two in one. G'night.
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*wipes tear* so beautiful!
Btw, do you watch air crash investigation? One of my favourite shows, and has an episode on that Delta crash!
 
DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
Ravofox said:
*wipes tear* so beautiful!
Btw, do you watch air crash investigation? One of my favourite shows, and has an episode on that Delta crash!
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Religiously. During ground school, our instructors would usually put up episodes both as a break from the death-by-PowerPoint, and also as a stark reminder that this is why we do things the way we do.

That said, we all got immense entertainment value out of the episode on Qantas 001 32. Qantas 1 was a runway excursion, and I'm 99.999% certain it doesn't have an episode.
 
Pygmepatl

Pygmepatl

Spotted Skunk
DRGN Juno said:
Finally, 1896. This year in aviation history, Otto Lilienthal (who I mentioned a few pages back), crashes one of his many gliders on August 9th after being upset by a gust of wind. He breaks his back and passes away the following day on August 10th. Now it's easy to attribute the accident to primitive controls or lightweight design, but it's easy to forget that we are all at the mercy of our environment. One such reminder of this is the 1985 crash of Delta 191, with a simple change in wind direction being enough to down a heavy, well-engineered Lockheed L-1011.

Lilienthal's work is among the most significant in the development of the aeroplane, paving the way for flight as we know it today. Our collective understanding of aerodynamics and principles of flight were making great strides by the time of his death. But despite his advancements, he remained humble enough to remind others that the work was far from over:

"At the end I want to ask you not to take my achievements for more than they are. Through the photographic pictures, where you can see me flying high above in the sky, one can get the impression that the problem is already solved. That is not at all the case. I have to admit that it will still take quite a lot of work to turn this simple gliding into a long-term human flight. The achievements so far are for human flight nothing more than the first insecure steps of a child meant to imitate the walk of men."
-Otto Lilienthal, at a lecture in 1894

While he likely had some idea of what was to come, he would never see the culmination of his research less than a decade later, when the Wright brothers made the first powered, controlled, heavier -than-air flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (December 17, 1903). And with that 120 foot hop, we entered the era of the modern aeroplane.

I'm likely to miss 1903 due to such luxeries as "sleep," so this is a two in one. G'night.
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This is such a deep and beautiful insight into the history of human aviation. How this man and many others paved the way for modern aviation is so fascinating. Thank you for all these interesting aviation facts, @DRGN Juno!

Good night!
 
TR273

TR273

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DRGN Juno said:
Religiously. During ground school, our instructors would usually put up episodes both as a break from the death-by-PowerPoint, and also as a stark reminder that this is why we do things the way we do.

That said, we all got immense entertainment value out of the episode on Qantas 001.
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I can't remember which flight it was but the one that stuck with me was the BA flight where the cockpit window blew out and pulled the pilot outside the aircraft, one of the cabin crew grabbed him and he was stuck outside until the co-pilot landed and somehow he survived. And went back to flying.
 
DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
TR273 said:
I can't remember which flight it was but the one that stuck with me was the BA flight where the cockpit window blew out and pulled the pilot outside the aircraft, one of the cabin crew grabbed him and he was stuck outside until the co-pilot landed and somehow he survived. And went back to flying.
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BA 5390. That one amazes me that they held onto him for as long as they did. Aloha 243 is a similar, equally astonishing case.

For those unfamiliar, this happened mid-air. One flight attendant was lost, but no other fatalities occurred.

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Ravofox

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TR273 said:
I can't remember which flight it was but the one that stuck with me was the BA flight where the cockpit window blew out and pulled the pilot outside the aircraft, one of the cabin crew grabbed him and he was stuck outside until the co-pilot landed and somehow he survived. And went back to flying.
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OMG yes, that was epic!!!:p
DRGN Juno said:
Religiously. During ground school, our instructors would usually put up episodes both as a break from the death-by-PowerPoint, and also as a stark reminder that this is why we do things the way we do.

That said, we all got immense entertainment value out of the episode on Qantas 001 32. Qantas 1 was a runway excursion, and I'm 99.999% certain it doesn't have an episode.
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Pawsome!!
Oh, is that the one that went into uncomanded dives?

Also *cough* kid in the cockpit *cough*:p
 
DRGN Juno

DRGN Juno

AAAAAAAAAAAAAA -Sukhoi, 2020
Ravofox said:
OMG yes, that was epic!!!:p


Pawsome!!
Oh, is that the one that went into uncomanded dives?

Also *cough* kid in the cockpit *cough*:p
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No, QA32 was the A380 with the engine rupture. The whole thing was a serious affair, don't get me wrong. But the crew in the interviews and recreation just sounded so annoyed more than anything.
 
Ravofox

Ravofox

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DRGN Juno said:
No, QA32 was the A380 with the engine rupture. The whole thing was a serious affair, don't get me wrong. But the crew in the interviews and recreation just sounded so annoyed more than anything.
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Hehehe, I know!! XD

Btw, I like how I've made everyone start fangirling about Air Crash Investigation! :p
 
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