History of Civil Aviation

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Vladimír Plos

Tutor:

Vladimír Plos

Supervisor:

Department of Languages and Humanities

Synopsis:

Beginnings of flying, development of aircrafts lighter than air. Beginnings of aircrafts heavier than air. Czechoslovak aviation pioneers. Development of airports in the Czech Republic. World airports. Famous aviators. Helicopters. CSA airplanes. Development of aircrafts in Czechoslovakia between the years 1945-1989. Classic era of aviation. Golden era of civil aviation. Modern era of civil aviation. Airline companies. Supersonic flying.

Requirements:

Knowledge of basics of air transport.

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

To acquaint students with basic overview of the development of civil aviation.

Study materials:

Grant, R. G.: Flight 100 Years of Aviation. 2002. ISBN 0-7513-37323

Balej, J. Sviták, P. Plocek, P.: Historie letectví Průkopníci světové aviatiky od antiky do r. 1914. 2012. ISBN 9788026400417

Duda, Zbyněk M.: Legendy československého letectví. 2011. ISBN 9788087044421

Niccoli, R.: Historie letectví. 2003. ISBN 978-80-7234-307-2

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue
Wed	roomHO:B-303 Plos V. 15:00–16:30 (lecture parallel1) Horská 3 (nová budova)
Thu
Fri

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bachelor PIL (CS) Full-Time from 2021/22 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-LOG Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor PIL (CS) Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-DOS Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-ITS Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-LED Full-Time from 2022/23 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-DOS Full-Time from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-LOG Full-Time from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-ITS Full-Time from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-LED Full-Time from 2023/24 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-DOS Full-Time from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-ITS Full-Time from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-LED Full-Time from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)
• Bachelor TET-LOG Full-Time from 2024/25 (compulsory elective course)