Greatest contribution to aviation

[hiflyphil]

Hi

It's about time I had a poll  ;D

I only 8 slots, but if theres anyone else who deserves a mention please leave a post.

Happy voting.

Phil

[visitor]

I voted for Charles L., even though the
Wrights invented it, Charles L., changed
the way people looked at avaition!!

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[Oz]

Frank Whittle
Igor Sikorsky

[BFMF]

Wouldn't the Wright brother's have contributed the greatest to Aviation??? I mean, they kinda started it

[Tchkinjiu]

I would think so... I mean, without the Wright brothers, there would be nothing to improve upon, charles lindbergh would not be known...

[BFMF]

Even if it hadn't of been the Wright brothers, i'm sure it would have been someone else, but still

[visitor]

I feel it's like the car, Henry Ford didn't invent
it but he sure made the biggest impact in it!!
I do not mean to take anything away from
the brothers!!

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[BFMF]

Charles L., changed
the way people looked at avaition!!

True, but the Wright brothers REALLY changed the way people looked at aviation

[Rifleman]

Without a bird to try to emulate, would man have wondered what it is to fly ?.....

[Craig.]

i'd say the guys whoc reated boeing, airbus, mcdonnel douglas, lockheed martin, and all the other companys involved in both passenger travel and military aircraft, and the people who invented the jet engine. its these people in my opinion who who contributed the most, all those people up there have had a place in the history books but when you look at it, they didnt really contribute much to aviation on the whole.
not really a knock on this just my personal opinion

[SyPrO_CaStEr]

'we be all be speaking german if it wasn't for R.J.Mitchell!!!!!!!!

a thousand million salute to him

[denishc]

 The Wright Brothers of course, for starting the whole thing of powered flight.
 But a close second would go to Glenn Curtiss and Alexander Gram Bell, together they pioneered the development of movable control surfaces to steer an aircraft.
 Before that pilots relied on a technique called "wing warping" to steer an aircraft.  The wing was actually "twisted" to control the flight path of the aircraft.  This ment that wings had to be built light and flexible for the pilot to physically bend it through a system of levers and cables.  Movable control surfaces on the outer part of the wings ment that the wing itself could be more sturdily built, allowing for greater lifting capacity and more speed.

[HawkerTempest5]

Predictably patriotic! R.J. Mitchell created a legend in 1936 that is still alive and well today. Remaining in production until after the war and continuingly developed throughout it's live. The Vickers Supermarine Spitfire, greatest plane that ever flew.

[hikariken]

just a thing it is charles Lindberg

[ATI_7500]

'we be all be speaking german if it wasn't for R.J.Mitchell!!!!!!!!

a thousand million salute to him

booooooooooooooo!

otto lilienthal