HISTORY of AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan)
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HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) BY Mohammad Saad Shahid 12002001-008 Amna Hafeez 12002001-013 RESARCH SUPERVISOR Altamash Pervaiz UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY LAHORE HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 1 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 2 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) By Mohammad Saad Shahid 12002001-008 Amna Hafeez 12002001-013 Research Supervisor: Altamash Pervaiz A Research Project Submitted to the Aviation Department In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management Degree University of Management and Technology February 2016 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 3 Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ______________________________________________________________________ 8 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY _______________________________________________________________________ 9 INTRODUCTION ________________________________________________________________________________ 10 THE INVENTORS AND PIONEERS OF AVIATION _______________________________________ 11 1. LEONARDO DA VINCI____________________________________________________________________ 12 1.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 12 2. CLEMENT ADER __________________________________________________________________________ 14 2.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 14 2.2. Success Factors:....................................................................................................................................... 15 3. SIR GEORGE CAYLEY ___________________________________________________________________ 16 3.1. Role in Aviation: __________________________________________________________________________ 16 3.2. Success factors: ............................................................................................................................................. 17 4. OTTO LILIENTHAL _______________________________________________________________________ 18 4.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 18 4.2. Success Factors:....................................................................................................................................... 19 5. SAMUEL PIERPONT LANGLEY ________________________________________________________ 20 5.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 20 6. OCTAVE CHANUTE ______________________________________________________________________ 22 6.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 22 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 4 7. GLENN HAMMOND CURTISS __________________________________________________________ 24 7.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 24 7.2. Success Factors:....................................................................................................................................... 25 THE WRIGHT FAMILY ________________________________________________________________________ 26 8. WILBUR WRIGHT _________________________________________________________________________ 28 9. ORVILLE WRIGHT _______________________________________________________________________ 28 KATHARINE WRIGHT ________________________________________________________________________ 29 10. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS (WILBUR AND ORVILLE) ___________________________ 29 10.1. Role in Aviation: _______________________________________________________________________ 30 10.2. Journey to Kitty Hawk: ............................................................................................................................ 30 10.3. Success Factors:....................................................................................................................................... 32 CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION: _______________________________________________________ 33 Timeline of Curtiss Wright Corporation ___________________________________________________________ 34 MILITARY AVIATION _________________________________________________________________________ 35 WORLD WAR I (1914-1918) ____________________________________________________________________ 35 GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION ________________________________________________________________ 35 WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)___________________________________________________________________ 36 COMMERCIAL AVIATION ___________________________________________________________________ 36 AIRPORTS _______________________________________________________________________________________ 36 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 5 AVIATION IN SUB-CONTINENT (PRE-INDEPENDENCE) ______________________________ 37 KALA CHAPRA ________________________________________________________________________________ 40 AMELIA EARHART ................................................................................................................................................ 42 INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION _________________________________ 44 PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY _______________________________________________ 45 Hierarchy of CAA Pakistan ................................................................................................................................... 46 POST INDEPENDENCE (AFTER 1947) ______________________________________________________ 48 AIRLINES ________________________________________________________________________________________ 48 1. Orient Airways Ltd: _______________________________________________________________________ 48 1.1. Routes _______________________________________________________________________________ 48 1.2. Orient Airways Domestic Air Transport Statistics Pakistan 1953 ............................................................. 49 1.2.1. Passengers Travel ___________________________________________________________________ 50 1.2.2. Freight ____________________________________________________________________________ 50 1.2.3. Mail _______________________________________________________________________________ 51 2. PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES CORPORATION (PIA) ________________ 52 2.1. Previous Fleet ____________________________________________________________________________ 52 2.2. PIA Corporation (1990-2008) ................................................................................................................... 54 2.2.1. Graphical Illustration: ......................................................................................................................... 55 2.3. Pakistan International Airlines Report (1990-2008) ................................................................................. 56 3. AIRBLUE ____________________________________________________________________________________ 61 3.1. Previous Fleet: ____________________________________________________________________________ 61 4. SHAHEEN AIR______________________________________________________________________________ 62 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 6 4.1. Previous Fleet: ____________________________________________________________________________ 62 BHOJA AIR ______________________________________________________________________________________ 63 AIRPORTS OF PAKISTAN ____________________________________________________________________ 64 1. Jinnah International Airport, Karachi _________________________________________________________ 64 2. Islamabad International Airport/Chaklala Airbase ______________________________________________ 66 3. Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore ____________________________________________________ 66 4. Faisalabad International Airport ____________________________________________________________ 67 4.1. Statistics of Faisalabad Airport (2004-09): ............................................................................................... 67 LIST OF EXISTING AIRPORTS IN PAKISTAN ____________________________________________ 70 LIST OF HISTORICAL (NON-OPERATIONAL) AIRPORTS IN PAKISTAN __________ 73 CONCLUSION: __________________________________________________________________________________ 76 REFERENCES: __________________________________________________________________________________ 78 HISTORY OF AVIATION (Kitty Hawk to Pakistan) Page 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All the praises for Allah Almightyt, the Lord of the Worlds, The Most Gracious and Ever Merciful. This study would have never been possible to accomplish without the help of our advisor, faculty members and staff. We are also thankful to the Department of Aviation, University of Management & Technology. We also feel immense pride that we are the part of this prestigious department. The knowledge we could manage to gain and the experience we earned in this university has proved our one of the assets which will definitely help us to achieve our goals of professional life we have set and will Insha’Allah lead us to the path of success. We really appreciate the help and support we got from Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) and Aviation Industry of Pakistan. It is pleased to express that we have gone through many experienced, kind, helpful people of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA). Not only their help made us to complete our project in a lucrative manner but also their kindness and motivation determined us more towards our project. This is obviously an honour for us that these learned