Assassination Of Kittyhawk Research Paper

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The Wright brothers infamous flight at Kittyhawk happened just over a decade prior to the assassination of the Archduke. And up untill the use in the 1911 war between Tyrkey and Libya airplanes were still rather undeveloped, and being used purely for recreation.

War lead to an explosion in production and aircraft technology. Two of the major mechanical changes to the aircraft were the propellers being changed from pusher to tractor; meaning that the air was no longer being pushed behind the aircraft, but pulled towards it. As well as a change from rotary engine to in-line water cooled engine, allowing for more power. However, it wasn’t until Anthony Fokker developed a method to synchronize a machine gun’s fire with the rotation of the propeller