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Steam-powered aircraft

The 1842 Aerial Steam Carriage of Henson and Stringfellow

A steam-powered aircraft is an aircraft propelled by a steam engine. Steam power was used during the 19th century, but fell into disuse with the arrival of the more practical internal combustion engine at the beginning of the pioneer era.

Steam power is distinct from its use as a lifting gas in thermal airships and early balloons.

History

Notes

  1. ^ "Clément Ader (1841-1926)". Hargrave. Monash University. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. ^ Smithsonian Samuel P. Langley CollectionHistorical note
  3. ^ Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines Affidavit: Louis Darvarich - July 19, 1934 Archived February 13, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Howard, Fred (1987). Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers. New York: Knopf. pp. 436, 512. ISBN 978-0-394-54269-0.
  5. ^ "The Gilmore Brothers Were Real Pioneers". Popular Aviation. 15 (5): 312. 1934.
  6. ^ Pangborn to test steam driven plane, The Times-News, Burlington, Carolina, page 2, Saturday 26 December 1931, retrieved 24 May 2016
  7. ^ a b FitzGerald, H. J. (July 1933). "World's First Steam-Driven Airplane". Popular Science Monthly. 133 (1). New York: 9–11.
  8. ^ "Flight by Steam". TIME. April 24, 1933. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007.
  9. ^ "The Besler Steam-Driven Aeroplane". flyingkettle.com. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  10. ^ George & William Besler (April 29, 2011). The Besler Steam Plane (YouTube). Bomberguy. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12.
  11. ^ Biblioteca aeronautica italiana illustrata: Primo supplemento decennale (1927-1936) con aggiunte all'intera "Biblioteca" e appendice sui manifesti aeronautici del Museo Caproni in Milano descritti da Paolo Arrigoni, Volume 1, Giuseppe Boffito, Paolo Arrigoni, Milan (Italy), Museo Caproni, L S Olschki, 1937, page 454
  12. ^ "Plane Fitted with Steam Engine". The Chronicle. Adelaide, South Australia. 1934-04-19. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  13. ^ Steam Car Developments and Steam Aviation, June 1934
  14. ^ Flight Magazine, July 1942
  15. ^ The London Gazette, 4 June 1948, page 3327
  16. ^ "Messerschmitt Me 264". luft46.com. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  17. ^ Steamed Up Over Chopper Power, Air Progress July, 1969

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