Richard Pearse
Air and Flight Inventor
3 Sources of Richard Pearse
The 3 sources of this inventor (Richard Pearse).
1. Richard Pearse flew and landed a powered heavier-than-air machine in March 31st 1905
2. Richard was a farmer and Inventor
3. Richard Pearse is known for pioneering flights in heavier-than-air aircraft.
All About Richard Peearse!
Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering experiments in aviation. Pearse made several attempts to fly in 1901, but due to insufficient engine power he achieved no more than brief hops. The following year he redesigned his engine to incorporate double-ended cylinders with two pistons each. Researchers recovered components of his engine (including cylinders made from cast-iron drainpipes) from rubbish dumps in 1963. Replicas of the 1903 engine suggest that it could produce about 15 hp (11 kW). Verifiable eyewitnesses describe Pearse crashing into a hedge on two separate occasions during 1903. His monoplane must have risen to a height of at least three metres on each occasion.[5] Good evidence exists that on 31 March 1903 Pearse achieved a powered, though poorly controlled, flight of several hundred metres.[6]
These Are Some Air And Flights Richard Has Done!
Richard Pearse Aero Engine
Richard William Pearse Monument
His Award!
A silver medal struck by the New Zealand Mint for the New Zealand Museum of Transport and Technology in 1982 to commemorate the "80th Anniversary of World 1st Powered Flight" by Pearse. MOTAT's website gives 1903 as the year of his first flight, not 1902 as indicated on the medal.[4]