March 6, morning.
In the Brazilian sky, a biplane is hovering at 1800m.
Underground, Tangning put down the telescope and spoke to Fernandez in a complicated tone.
"Airplanes will change an era, but it will take some time."
The airplane is undoubtedly one of the most significant inventions in the early 20th century. There is no dispute about its invention, and it is recognized that it was invented by the Americans, the Wright brothers.
From 1900 to 1902, the Wright brothers conducted more than 1,000 gliding test flights, and finally built the first aircraft to fly manned under its own power, "Aviator" No. 1, in 1903. On December 17, 1903,
It was the day that the Wright brothers officially flew the Flyer One. On this day, their flight was recognized by the Federation Aeronautica Internationale (FAI) as "the first controlled sustained powered flight by a heavier-than-air aircraft."
In the same year they founded the "Wright Aircraft Company".
Since the invention of the airplane, it has increasingly become an indispensable tool for modern civilization, profoundly changing the mode of war and affecting people's lives, starting a revolution.
Fernandez echoed: "Your Majesty, the airplane is indeed a revolutionary thing. It allowed humans to fly into the sky for the first time."
Tangning shook her head and said.
"You don't understand, you don't understand what I mean. You can't imagine the future development of aircraft."
This is not what Tang Ning meant, but that airplanes have changed the mode of warfare, and that their civilian use has changed people's travel.
Air supremacy is superior to all rights. Land rights and sea rights have all been subverted by aircraft.
If you lose air supremacy in a war, just wait for the defeat to end. If it weren't for the existence of missiles, the oppressive power of aircraft would be simply covering.
However, at present, aircraft have not been upgraded, and there are very few aircraft used in the military before World War I.
The first military aircraft was born this year.
In 1909, the U.S. military equipped its first military aircraft. In the same year, it completed the production of the two-seat Wright Model A aircraft, which was used to train pilots. (The prototype of a trainer aircraft)
Although aircraft first took off in the United States, and the earliest reconnaissance aircraft was also born in the United States, military aircraft later developed rapidly in France, Germany, Britain and other countries, and far surpassed the United States.
The first time in history that military aircraft were used in a war had to wait until Italy.
During the 1911-1912 Italian-Turkish War, Italy pioneered the use of aircraft to complete military missions, which greatly promoted the development of the aviation industry.
These historical records of Italy are good and bad!
In the war between Italy and the Ottoman Turks in North Africa.
On October 23, 1911, the Italian Air Force used aircraft for reconnaissance for the first time in the history of human warfare. On October 25, 1911, the situation was not investigated and the flight altitude was deliberately lowered. There were no anti-aircraft weapons on the ground, and only rifles could be used.
The aircraft was damaged in many places. It also set a record for the first time an aircraft was killed by ground fire. On November 1, 1911, the Italian Air Force carried 4 grenades and threw them into the opponent's position, setting a record for the first air raid by an aircraft. January 1912
On February 10, the Italian Air Force dropped thousands of leaflets to persuade the enemy to surrender, setting a precedent for the first use of aircraft for public opinion propaganda and psychological disintegration. On February 23, 1912, the Italian Air Force created the first use of cameras.
The record of taking photos created the first record of aircraft photographic reconnaissance. In the early morning of June 11, 1912, with the help of a flashlight fixed on the flight cap, bombs were airdropped to the enemy military camp. It created the first record of night bombing. September 1912
On the 10th, Italian Air Force pilot Ilianta had to make an emergency landing on the Turkish army's position due to aircraft malfunction, thus creating a record for the first time in the history of war that a pilot was captured.
In 1909, in Tangning's era, the development of aircraft was quite backward. Even a country in dire straits in East Asia developed an aircraft.
At this time, airplanes will still be far away from being high-tech and out of reach for ordinary countries.
Aircraft at this time had great hidden dangers, and the invention of the dual-engine system had to wait until 1911.
In 1911, the British Short brothers applied for patents for multiple engine designs. Their dual-engine system enabled every pilot to not worry about the aircraft descending due to engine shutdown.
The application of gyro technology had to wait until 1927.
From 1927 to mid-1932, progress was made in the development of cockpit instruments and navigation equipment, and gyro technology was applied to flight instruments. This rotating flywheel mounted on a gimbal can maintain orientation in space, so it became a tool to guide pilots in the dark.
, the basis of various navigation instruments for flying in rainy and snowy weather.
The first flight simulator had to wait until 1930.
In 1930, American Edwin Link invented the first flight simulator and named it "Link Trainer" after himself.
For aircraft of this era, don’t expect to have artificial horizons, gyromagnetic compass indicators, geomagnetic induction compasses, etc.
However, the jet aircraft appeared not too late, only seven years later than the piston, and it was still one year away from being invented.
On December 10, 1910, at the Paris Exhibition in France, an airplane crashed during a performance. The designer was a Romanian named Henry Coanda. The engine he designed used a 50-horsepower engine to make the fan move toward the
Then push the air, and at the same time add an afterburner to fully expand the gas in the tail nozzle to increase the reverse thrust. This is the earliest jet engine.
The aircraft of this era still have very backward pistons, and their technology is extremely backward.
Piston aircraft had to wait until they matured in the late 1930s. At that time, the maximum speed of piston-driven propeller aircraft had reached 700 kilometers per hour in level flight, and it was close to the speed of sound when diving.
Before World War II, piston aircraft were the mainstream in the aircraft industry. Although jet aircraft appeared only a little later, they were mainly anti-passenger aircraft and had to wait until World War II for the final word.
However, Tang Ning knew the history of aircraft development, but he was not an aviation expert and knew nothing about aircraft manufacturing. He could only follow the footsteps of those developed countries.
Tang Ning was well aware of the importance of the aviation industry and directly intervened with military means. The reason for doing so was that private Brazil had no technical reserves at all.
It can be said that Brazil’s education did not form high-end education at all before 1920. It not only lagged behind Europe and the United States, but also lagged behind the major countries in East Asia.
In later generations, Brazil will be a major country in the aviation industry. Now that Brazil has started so early, in the future, the aviation industry will definitely surpass history.
"Can our Brazilian-made aircraft allow pilots to use machine guns?"
Tangning asked Kevin, the aircraft designer next to her.
"Your Majesty, this is not possible at the moment. The performance of our Brazilian aircraft cannot support the use of machine guns.
At present, most of the aircraft in the world cannot use machine guns. The planes do not fly very high, only one or two thousand meters, so they cannot use machine guns at all."
"Is there a plane that can carry two people? In this way, one person will fly the plane and the other will use the weapon to attack."
"Your Majesty, single-person aircraft are currently the most popular in various countries around the world, and sometimes two people are even needed to assist the flight.
However, according to the aviation news I know, France seems to have developed an aircraft that can be piloted by one person and then carry another person.
This kind of aircraft should be able to meet your Majesty’s conjecture.”
Tang Ning knew that although the United States pioneered the aircraft, Europe was definitely ahead in technology.
"Which country has the most developed airplanes now?"
Tangning asked Kevin.
The meaning of his question was very obvious, that is, he wanted to send people to buy patents and study.
"French aircraft are the most advanced, and British and Italian technology are also good."
Today’s aircraft are all trying to set records, and every innovation can become big news. As a professional, Kevin still understands the development of aircraft.
"Kevin, arrange for some technicians to study abroad in the United Kingdom, France, and Italy, so that they can learn aircraft technology."
Brazil's technology is too backward, and the local people cannot keep up with the times. We must send people to learn and keep up with the trend.
For a long time in the future, Tang Ning will send people to study abroad in Europe every year to learn not only aircraft technology, but also various other advanced basic knowledge.
Fortunately, in today's era, technology is not as exaggerated as in the 21st century, and Brazil still has time to make up for it.
If we reach the 21st century and want to make up for the lessons, we won’t be able to.
This chapter has been completed!