History Of Fighter Aircraft

A. Definition and History of Combat Aircraft

1. Understanding Fighter

Fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed to attack other aircraft in the air. Unlike the bomber, designed to strike targets on the surface. Relatively smaller fighter, fast, and agile. Fighter aircraft originally developed in World War I to deal with bombers and air balloon from commonly used for ground attack and reconnaissance.

Also a fighter plane used for the war in the air. Generally fighter slim shape, can move swiftly, bringing canon (machine gun) as well as missiles and bombs, high-speed, fitted with avionics equipment which is more than civil aircraft / passenger as opposed to radar that can detect and lock in long-range target opponent. Moreover, equipped with radar-jamming equipment and detractors, to enabled "stealth"

2. History Of Fighter Aircraft

At first people used kites to frighten the enemy, and provides information on the position of both friend and foe alike or even scare the enemy. This custom made by the ancient Chinese. Then the kite is equipped with humans to determine in detail the position of the opponent.

The discovery Zeppelin airship and also marked the development of military aircraft. Used from simply reconnaissance and used as bombers to bomb the enemy positions. Noted that utilize them are German zeppelins to bomb Britain in World War I. On the way planes are made and developed for the benefit of war and the battle in particular dogfight.

The first fighter aircraft originally a wooden double wing fed light machine gun. In World War II, more aircraft were made of metal, single-winged, and use machine guns embedded in the wings. After World War II, began to replace the turbojet engine piston engines, and missiles began to be used to replace the machine gun as the primary weapon.

Classification is based on the generation fighter aircraft. Use of this generation was originally used in the Russian defense officials, who called the F-22 Raptor fighter the United States as the "fifth generation".

B. Fighter Aircraft Structures

1. Based era

• World War I (1911-1935)
• World War II (1939-1945)
• Jet Era (1950-1970)
• Technology Improvement Era (1970-present)

2. By function

• Aircraft Burusergap
• Ground Attack Aircraft (Attack)
• Reconnaissance Aircraft
• Plane Bomber (Bomber)
• Fighter Practice
• Anti-Guerrilla Fighter (COIN)
• Multifunction Fighter

3. Based on the visible or invisible radar

• Conventional Fighter
• Stealth fighter

History of Aircraft

Aircraft heavier than air was first flown by the Wright Brothers (Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright) using its own aircraft design called the Flyer, which was launched in 1903 in the United States. In addition to the Wright brothers, there were several other aircraft inventor who invented airplanes include Samuel F Cody who perform the action on the field Fanborough, England in 1910. As for the aircraft that is lighter than air flight was much earlier. First flight using a hot air balloon found a French berkebangsaaan named Joseph Montgolfier Montgolfier and Etiene occurred in 1782, then refined a German named Ferdinand von Zeppelin by modifying the cigar-shaped balloon that is used to carry passengers and goods in 1900.

In the following year balloon Zeppelin mengusai air freight to ship disaster Zeppelin on trans-Atlantic trip in New Jersey 1936 which marked the end of an era Zeppelin though still used before World War II. After Wright era, many aircraft are modified both designs, shapes and aircraft engines to meet the transportation needs of larger commercial udara.Pesawat made in 1949 named Bristol Brabazon.Sampai now the world's largest passenger plane made by Airbus industrie of European A380.

The first aircraft made by Otto Lilienthal, he was a young German. began when he saw an eagle fly, then he tried to make the plane with at kepakkan Lilienthal. He made 18 airplane kite but unfortunately he died in 1896 due to a plane crash.

Then the Wright brothers (Wright brothers), Orville (19 August 1871-30 January 1948) and Wilbur (16 April 1867-30 May 1912) are two Americans who are noted as the inventor of airplanes as they managed to build the first aircraft was successfully flown and controlled by man on December 17, 1903, named Flyer.

Two years after their discovery, the two brothers developed a 'flying machine' them to form aircraft taking wing as we now know it. Although they were not the first to make trial or experiment aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that aircraft with wing-mounted rigid control. The greatest breakthrough was the invention of "three axis control 'which is used by all aircraft flying today.

They gained the mechanical skills of working in their shop filled with printing presses, bicycles, motors, and other machinery. From bikes they got the idea that an unstable aircraft can be controlled with exercise. The Wright brothers were two of seven brothers. In elementary school, Orville been expelled from school.

In 1878, their father bought 'helicopter' toys for their two youngest children are. Toys were made of bamboo and rubber propeller to rotate it. Wilbur and Orville played it to break, and then make their own toys, they admitted that the experience of playing with a bamboo helicopter became the source for their interest in a machine that can fly.