Back to Kitty Hawk : Investigating the first Aircraft aluminium

Auteur(s) : Goodway, Martha ; Leyes, Richard A.

• Notice du document

  Titre / Title

  Back to Kitty Hawk : Investigating the first Aircraft aluminium

  Auteur(s) / Author(s)

  Goodway Martha, auteur principal ; Leyes Richard A., auteur principal

  Type de document

  Article

  Collection

  JOM , N° 1, p. 16-22

  Publication

  Etats-Unis: The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, 1993/11

  Description technique / Physical description

  6 p. : ill., couv. ill.; 28 cm

• Langue / Language

  Anglais

• Description

  • Résumé / Abstract

    Abstract :
    "A critical material in aircraft airframe and powerplant construction, aluminum has been employed since the inception of powered flight. Indeed, the Wright bothers’ historic first flight at Kitty Hawk was powered by an engine featuring a crankcase that was cast from aluminum. Long thought to have been destroyed, the original crankcase was recently discovered and analyzed through a combination of historical and scientific research."