Historical view of the fighter jets (part 1)

HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE FIGHTER JETS:

Since The World War I, It was considered essential to maintain and achieve air superiority for the victory in the conventional war fare.

With the passage of the time it is very compulsory to know the history of the fighter jets for the better improvement and designs of the aircraft.

Throughout the World War I, the Fighters continued to be developed, to denying the enemy aircraft and over the battlefield by reconnaissance to dirigibles the ability to get and gather information. The size of the Early fighter jets were very tiny and small, and armed lightly by the later standards, and most of the biplanes was built using the frames of wood and that was covered with the fabric, and a maximum and higher airspeed of about (160 km/h) 100 mph. As over the armies control of the airspace became increasingly important, and to support their military operations all of the main and major powers developed in the fighters. Between the times of the wars, wood was replaced largely in the parts or whole by the metal tubing, and finally the aluminum stressed skin structure (mono) began to predominate over the structure.

By the World War II, most of the fighters were all metal (Mono-planes) that armed with batteries of cannons or machine guns and some of them were capable of approaching the speeds 400 mph (640 km/h). Up to this point Most of the fighters had one engine, but there were a number of two engines for each fighters were built. However, they were found to be not matched against this kind of single engine fighters outmatched against single-engine fighters and were assign to the other lower level tasks, such as primitive radar were equipped in the night fighters.

As the means of the propulsion turbojets engines were replaced piston engines by the end of the war, further increasing the fighter aircraft speed. As compared to the piston engines the weight of the turbojets engines was far less, it was no longer a handicap having two engines and depending on the requirements one or two were used, and this in turn development of ejections seats required so the pilot could easy escape, During maneuvers being applied to the pilot G-suits to counter the much greater forces.

Since, due to ever increasing air to air ranges of the weapon, pilots of the jets could no longer see far enough ahead to see the target and to prepare for the opposition .In the 1950s, the radars was fitted and installed in the day fighters. Simultaneously, the radar capabilities are improved and grew enormously and are now the primary method of acquisition of the target. The wings of the jet were made swept back and thinner to reduce the transonic drag, which required new manufacturing methods to obtain sufficient strength. Skins were no longer sheet metal riveted to a structure, but milled from large slabs of alloy. The sound barrier was broken, and after a few false starts due to required changes in controls, speeds quickly reached Mach 2, past which aircraft cannot maneuver sufficiently to avoid attack.