Traian Vuia's flying machine (March 18, 1906)

Traian Vuia (August 17, 1872 - September 3, 1950) was a Romanian inventor, designed and built a self-propelling heavier-than-air aircraft. Traian Vuia - aircraft File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Traian Vuia was born in the village Surducul Mic in the Timiş county of western Romania, near the border to Hungary, now named after him. Administrative map of Romania with Timiş county highlighted The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ...

After the graduation of high-school in Lugoj in 1892, he enrolled in the Polytechnic University of Budapest, School of Mechanics where he got his engineering diploma. He then joined the Faculty of Law in Budapest. In May, 1901 he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Law by the Faculty of Law in Budapest with the thesis "Military and Industry, State and Contract regime". Jump to: navigation, search Lugoj (-Romanian, Hungarian: Lugos, German: Lugosch) (postal code: 305500) is a city in TimiÅŸ county, Transylvania, Romania, situated on both banks of the TimiÅŸ River, which divides the town in two quarters, the Romanian on the right and the German on the left bank. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1892 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Budapest seen from north. ... This article is about the month of May. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

After graduation, he returned to Lugoj, where he continued studying the problem of human flight and he designed his first flying machine which he called the airplane-car and tried to build this machine, but due to financial constraints, decided to go to Paris, in July, 1902, where he thought he'll find someone interested in financing his project, starting with balloon enthusiasts, but many believed that a flying machine with a density greater than air's could not fly. He then went to Victor Tatin, a known theoretician and experimentator that built an aeromodel in 1879. Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1879 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Tatin was immediately interested in Vuia's project, but also tried to persuade him that there is nothing he can do, since Vuia's project did not have a suitable engine and it will not be stable enough. But Vuia continued to trust his project, so he sent it to the Académie des Sciences of Paris on February 16, 1903, presenting the possibility of flying with a heavier-than-air mechanical machine and his procedure for taking off, but it was rejected for being an utopia, adding the comments: The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ...

The problem of flight with a machine which weights more than air can not be solved and it is a only a dream.

In spite of all these refusals, Vuia did not give up and applied for a patent granted on August 17, 1903 and published on October 16, 1903. Vuia begun to build the flying machine in the winter of 1902-1903. He encountered many difficulties, most important being of financial nature, but he succeeded to surpass them. In the autumn of 1904, he began building the engine, also his own invention. In 1904, he got a patent for his invention in the United Kingdom. Jump to: navigation, search August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

A postcard with Vuia and his airplane

This aircraft was called "Traian Vuia 1" and it was a single-plane airplane with a high-wing, which was completely built in December 1905. He found a place in Montesson, near Paris, where he could test his airplane, the first experiments started in 1905, at first he used the machine only as a car, without the wings mounted on it, so he could gather experience in driving it, then on March 18, 1906 "Vuia I" was set to take off. He accelerated and after about 50 meters, the plane left the soil and flew at about one meter in height for about 12 meters then the propeller stopped and the aircraft landed. This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Jump to: navigation, search December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Many newspapers in France, the US, and the United Kingdom wrote about the first man to fly with a heavier-than-air machine with their own take off systems, propulsion units and landing gear. The thing that has been emphasized eversince about Vuia's achievment, is that his machine was able to take off on a flat surface "only by on-board means", without any "outside assistance", be it an incline, rails, a catapult, etc. However there was, and is, much disagreement over precise definition of the "first" airplane (see first flying machine for more discussion). Depending on the criteria, the Wright brothers may or may not have been the first to invent a flying machine There are conflicting views as to what was the first flying machine. ...

In August 1906, he built the "Vuia I bis" airplane and made several experiments.

In 1907, his "Vuia II" airplane, with an Antoinette 25 hp (19 kW) engine, was exhibited at the first Aeronautical Salon in Paris. 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...

Between 1918 and 1921 he built two experimental helicopters on the Juvissy and Issy-les-Moulineaux aerodromes, contributing to the development of vertical take-off. Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Issy-les-Moulineaux, is a city in the département of Hauts-des-Seine in the southwestern suburban Paris, France. ...

Another great invention of his was a steam generator with internal combustion that could generate steam with very high pressure of more than 100 atm (10 MPa), that is still used today in all thermal power stations.

On May 27, 1946 he was named as a Member of Honor in the Romanian Academy. Jump to: navigation, search May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Romanian Academy (Romanian: Academia Română) is a cultural forum founded in Romania in 1866. ...

Today Timişoara International Airport (TSR), Romania's second largest airport, carries his name. TimiÅŸoara Traian Vuia International is Romanias second airport in terms of air traffic, after Bucharest Henri Coanda. ...

See also

• First flying machine
• List of early flying machines