Scientific Advancements
By: Yasmin v. Artemio C. Dante L.
By: Hugo Junkers
"In 1915, he designed the world's first all-metal plane, the Junkers D-I. His ideas were too advanced for his time, and it did not begin production until 1918. He also produced the Junkers CL-I, the best German ground attack plane of the war."
By: Gottlieb Daimler
"Daimler and Maybach concentrated on producing the first light-weight, high-speed engine to run on gasoline. They eventually came up with an engine with a surface carburettor, that vaporized the petrol and mixed it with air. "
By: Ernest Heinkel
"In
1914
Ernest Heinkel designed the Albatros BII for the German Albatros Werke company. The plane soon set an altitude record of 14,764 feet (4,500 m) and was employed as a reconnaissance craft during the early stages of the First World War."