The Era Of Propellor Aviation
The 30 years that went by after the famous flight at
Kitty Hawk, most of the planes developed were mostly for warfare.
There had been substantial development in the plane itself. The
drive wheel(like in cars) was replaced by the popular 'joystick'
and the planes began to be built with pressurised cockpits.
Airliners began to take birth. None of the major countries wanted
to be left behind and use to answer rival nations developments by
producing superior products. The birth of 'flying boats' also took
place in this time. These planes were basically planes built with
a boat-like hull so as to give it the ability to land in water.
However, most of the flying boats died out by the end of this era
too.
In the World War I, the planes were mostly used as
reconnaisance or surveillance aircrafts.
But their actual importance in combat emerged in the
World War II. A number of countries like the United States, Great
Britain and Japan(not under American influence), built aircraft
carriers, so as to allow these planes to fight over seas!
Battles were won with superior air forces, as seen in
the Battle of Britain. The emergence of logistics by air also
gained a lot of importance durinmg this war. Hitler's Army was
stuck in Kholm, a town between Moscow and Leningrad. The Germans
were constantly fighting of repeated assaults of the Red Army. The
army was low on supplies and frost-bitten. Suddenly 20 Junker Ju-52
transports, escorted by two fighter squadrons, roared over them
dropping supplies. This continued for three months with the tanks
eventually battering their way to the besieged troops and return
back with them! The Kholm Pocket had survived thanks to good
logistic support!
The existence of air foces and their types became
deciding factors of many battles and eventually the war. In fact
the foremost reason of Japan's defeat and America's in the War
was the fact that while the Pearl Harbour Attack failed to destroy
all the ships in the harbour (most of the aircraft carriers were out
at sea), the Americans managed to destroy the entire Japanese
carrier fleet in the Battle of the Midway Islands. It was only
after this, that the war turned in the favour of the Americans.
The 30 years that went by after the famous flight at
Kitty Hawk, most of the planes developed were mostly for warfare.
There had been substantial development in the plane itself. The
drive wheel(like in cars) was replaced by the popular 'joystick'
and the planes began to be built with pressurised cockpits.
Airliners began to take birth. None of the major countries wanted
to be left behind and use to answer rival nations developments by
producing superior products. The birth of 'flying boats' also took
place in this time. These planes were basically planes built with
a boat-like hull so as to give it the ability to land in water.
However, most of the flying boats died out by the end of this era
too. In the World War I, the planes were mostly used as
reconnaisance or surveillance aircrafts. But their actual importance in combat emerged in the
World War II. A number of countries like the United States, Great
Britain and Japan(not under American influence), built aircraft
carriers, so as to allow these planes to fight over seas! Battles were won with superior air forces, as seen in
the Battle of Britain. The emergence of logistics by air also
gained a lot of importance durinmg this war. Hitler's Army was
stuck in Kholm, a town between Moscow and Leningrad. The Germans
were constantly fighting of repeated assaults of the Red Army. The
army was low on supplies and frost-bitten. Suddenly 20 Junker Ju-52
transports, escorted by two fighter squadrons, roared over them
dropping supplies. This continued for three months with the tanks
eventually battering their way to the besieged troops and return
back with them! The Kholm Pocket had survived thanks to good
logistic support!The existence of air foces and their types became
deciding factors of many battles and eventually the war. In fact
the foremost reason of Japan's defeat and America's in the War
was the fact that while the Pearl Harbour Attack failed to destroy
all the ships in the harbour (most of the aircraft carriers were out
at sea), the Americans managed to destroy the entire Japanese
carrier fleet in the Battle of the Midway Islands. It was only
after this, that the war turned in the favour of the Americans.
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