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Hank Rape Mr. Parson Adv. English 12 10 February 2014 The Advancement of Aircraft Because of War The fact the man now have the ability to fly is by far the most remarkable thing that ever has been or will be. In the early 1900’s two brothers had an idea and in 1903 man now had the ability to join the birds in the sky. Then in 1941 the first jet plane was invented in Germany. In less than 40 years man had crammed hundreds of years of advancement into this short time period. This is because of the fact that there were two world wars happening in this period the second of which didn’t even have time to finish. To say that aircraft had flaws is a major understatement, the first aircraft could only travel a few hundred yards at a time. This problem was solved be increasing the power of the engine. Also the wingspans were increased and wings modified so they would generate lift while traveling. Of course the propeller was modified to be able to be more effective at propelling the aircraft forward. However this was just the start of the problems with aircraft and air travel. After tack...