Tiffany Geier- Wings Assignment #2

1. Did flight have any influences outside of aviation?

Flight indeed had several different influences outside of aviation. The concept of flight inspired many people across several disciplines in a cultural sense. Aviation inspired artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque to begin building model airplanes and Picasso created paintings of men flying through the air on these flying machines. Franz Kafka, the famous author, was inspired by all of the events of flight happening in France. Aviation also inspired several poets from places in Europe such as Russia and Italy.

2. How did this new field of aviation affect science?

All of these new discoveries in aviation prompted some great deal of changes in the advancement of science. One of the biggest affects that aviation had on science was without a doubt, the discovery of the concept of aerodynamics, the science of wings. A great deal of ths early discovery in the new science came about with John William Strutt. He employed relatively simple means in order to discover the concept of a lifting force.

5. In your opinion, did the Wright Brothers' patent suits affect the progress of aviation?

In my opinion, I feel the Wright Brothers' patent suits did indeed negatively affect the progress of aviation, especially here n the United States. While they were busy trying to keep there plane hidden and suing anyone who attempted to make a flying machine, other European countries started making bigger strides in flight. France and Germany were able to send more planes up in the sky during World War I than the United States because instead of bickering over whose idea was whose, they just started creating. I completely understand the Wrights' wanting to patent what was their original idea and seeking to keep the credit of the first practical flying machine between them. However they too entirely too long with this process and greatly hindered the advancement in new aviation technologies.