Richard Pearse social study assessment

 Richard Pearse                                   Values: Resilience, Commitment,                                                                                                Perseverance, Self belief, Striving,

                                                                                      Creativity.

Early Life
Richard Pearse was born on the 3 December 1877
at Waitohi flat in Temuka. Pearse was the fourth
child out of nine children.

Richard Pearse is an ingenious inventor

whose objective was to invent an item that could fly.

Pearse kept in touch with experimentation overseas

through the popular magazine Scientific American.

 This means that there was evidence that Pearse was.

working on ideas for powered flight in 1899, also that

he had built his first two cylinder petrol engine by 1902.

Pearse made his first public flight attempt down Main

Waitohi Road adjacent to his farm.

Work
Richard Pearse was a very intelligent person, but people

would say he was a bit eccentric  which gave him the

nicknames ‘ Mad Pearse’ and ‘Bamboo Dick’  people did

not recognize Richard Pearse work until his death when

George Bolt the founder of Canterbury aero club discovered his work.

Richard Pearse states that he did not achieve proper flight, and also did

not beat the wright brothers who flew their aircraft

on the 17 of December 1903. However people said

that Richard Pearse first flight attempt was the 31

March 1903. Although he did not succeed he kept

going and invented more aircraft's, none of them

in terms of length and control. Richard Pearse invented

a steerable tricycle undercarriage, a variable pitch air screw

made out of metal, wings control and a propeller connected

to the crankshaft of the engine.

        Impact 

Richard Pearse is a man who showed resilience,

no matter how many times he failed he got back up

and worked harder, tried harder, which people act-

ually look up to, they can relate to him and achieve

their goal. Eventually Richard  flew but he did not

gain  control of his aircraft.

  

Questions

1. Where was the evidence shown that Pearse had built his first two cylinder petrol engines?
2. Name 2 things that Richard Pearse aircraft's did not have.
3. What were the two nicknames Pearse was given?
4. Research 2 other facts about Pearse.
5. Who was the founder of the Canterbury aero club? And what did he find?
6. Fine 3 facts on the internet about Pearse first aircraft.