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Drumul lui Traian Vuia către succes a fost pavat cu piedici. Mai întâi nu a avut destui bani pentru a face facultatea, apoi nu şi-a permis constucţia primului aparat de zbor. Cu toate astea, la 18 martie 1906 el a realizat primul zbor autopropulsat din lume (fără catapulte sau alte mijloace exterioare) cu un aparat mai greu decât aerul.
Traian Vuia (n. 17/ 30 august 1872, Surducu Mic, judeţul Timiş - d. 2 septembrie 1950) a fost un inventator român, pionier al aviaţiei la nivel internaţional, membru al Academiei Române din 27 mai 1946. A inventat primul avion cu mijloace proprii de propulsie, cu care a efectuat primul zbor din istoria omenirii, ridicându-se de la sol ...
- 2 septembrie 1950, Bucureşti
- 30 august 1872, Surducu Mic, judeţul Timiş
- Cimitirul Bellu
- român
- Youth and Education
- First Flying Machines
- The Bat
- First Test Flight
- Inspired by Nature
- Achievements
- Further Flight Experiments
Traian Vuia was born to Romanian parents Simion Popescu and Ana Vuia living in Surducul-Mic, a village in the Banat region, Austro-Hungarian Empire, today in Romania. Actually the place today is also called Traian Vuia. After graduating from high school in Lugoj, in 1892, he enrolled in the School of Mechanics at the Polytechnic University of Budap...
He returned to Lugoj, where he designed his first flying machine, which he called the “airplane-car”. He attempted to build the machine, but due to financial constraints decided to go to Paris in July 1902, hoping to find someone interested in financing his project, possibly balloon enthusiasts. He met with considerable skepticism from people who b...
Undeterred, Vuia applied for a French patent on May 15, 1903, and obtained patent No. 332106 for his design. He began to build his first flying machine in the winter of 1902–3. Overcoming more financial difficulties, he also started construction of an engine of his own design for which he was granted various patents, the first in 1904. Tatin design...
It was powered by a carbonic acid gas engine driving a single tractor propeller. The 25 hp engine had to be adapted by Vuia himself as a suitable engine was not available. He found a place in Montesson, near Paris, where he could test his airplane and on March 18, 1906, theVuia Ilifted off briefly. After accelerating for about 50 m, the aircraft le...
While he was building his airplane Vuia received some visitors like George Besancon, Santos-Dumont etc., well known as personalities in aviation. Most of them were shocked by the fact that Vuia adopted a mono-plane solution for his airplane, because all planes which had flown by then were built after Lilienthal’s and Octave Chanute’s double-plane i...
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 achievement, is that his machine was able to take off on a flat surface “only by on-board means”, wit...
In 1907, his “Vuia II” airplane, with an Antoinette 25 hp (19 kW) engine, was exhibited at the first Aeronautical Salon in Paris. 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. Though unsuccessful in sustained flight, Vuia’s inventi...
Sep 2, 2020 · Traian Vuia s-a ocupat şi de soluţionarea problemei zborului vertical şi a construit, în anii 1918 şi 1922, două elicoptere. În timpul Primului Război Mondial, Traian Vuia a militat pentru desăvârşirea statului naţional unitar român şi a fost preşedintele Comitetului Naţional al Românilor din Transilvania, înfiinţat la Paris ...
Feb 26, 2010 · One hundred years ago, aviation pioneer Traian Vuia successfully took off and landed in his Vuia 1 airplane. Vuia, a Romanian who is credited by some with building and flying the first “heavier-than-air” machine to feature a self-contained propulsion system and landing gear, made his historic flight on March 18, 1906 in Montesson, France.
Dec 18, 2022 · Traian Vuia was a Romanian aviation pioneer and inventor. His greatest achievement is that he proved for the first time in history that an object heavier than the air can take off and successfully fly, without any external help (catapult or launch pads) Traian Vuia’s 1906 flight proved that his ideas were correct and this greatly influenced ...
2. TRAIAN VUIA’S SHORT BIOGRAPHY . 2.1 Childhood and aviation as an early passion . Traian Vuia was born on the 17th of August, 1872 in Surducu Mic, a small village located in the southwest of Romania in Caraș Severin county- (historia.ro). Over time, Surducu Mic has been given the name Traian Vuia, currently belonging to Timiș county.