Aerodynamics (CTP1)

Aerodynamics
Advance of the Modern Age
Advances
Required	Physics Mass Production
Required	Physics Mass Production
Leads to	Rocketry
Leads to	Rocketry
Gives
Aircraft Carrier Fighter Airport Air Base

Aerodynamics is an advance in Civilization: Call to Power.

Summary

Aerodynamics marks a new branch in knowledge: the beginning of Flight. Besides offering the Air Base, Aerodynamics gives Civilizations the Fighter and the Aircraft Carrier, opening the air and sea as battlegrounds. Aerodynamics also gives the Airport - convenient for transporting soldiers and a source of steady revenue.

Great Library entry

At the beginning of the 20th century, the combination of the internal combustion engine and a better understanding of aerodynamics led to the creation of the first airplane. The Wright Flyer, launched in 1903, flew 120 feet in a 12 second flight. By 1919, though, the Curtiss NC-4 had crossed the Atlantic, and military aircraft had flown several thousand sorties over the skies of Europe. Within a decade, the airplane and carrier redefined sea warfare, and by 1939, the airplane had become an integral portion of every armed force.