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What is innovation?

Innovation is when people make changes to something by introducing a new idea, a new way of doing something or a new product.

What is an inventor?

A person who creates something new.

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making changing to something that is already there

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Igor Sikorsky invented the helicopter.

Today, the aircraft manufacturer (maker) is in Stratford, CT.

*Click on the photo to watch a video. It will be at the bottom of the page.

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Connecticut Historical Society

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The second reel of "Progress of Aviation in Connecticut," a short black and white narrated film. It opens with then-governor John H. Trumbull piloting a plane. It then depicts Pratt & Whitney executives flying to a meeting in Bridgeport, Connecticut, including aerial footage. The narrator describes the landmarks visible on the ground: the Chance Vought and Pratt & Whitney plants, Bulkeley Bridge, the Travelers Insurance Company tower, the State Capitol, the Connecticut River, Brainard Field, and shade tobacco fields in the Hartford area. Then, in New Haven, the narrator points out the green, Yale University, the Yale Bowl, and a squadron of Navy airplanes. As the plane approaches the airport in Bridgeport, the narrator points out the Sikorsky plant. The rest of the film shows the interior of the Sikorsky factory as the narrator explains how an amphibious airplane is built, then shows the S-41 taking off from water. The S-41 flies to Hartford, where it lands at Brainard Field. Shortly thereafter, the Question Mark arrives, bearing French aviators Dieudonn Costes and Maurine Bellonte as they began their tour of the United States after being the first to fly a fixed-wing aircraft from Paris to New York. Costes and Bellonte are greeted by Governor Trumbull, Mayor Batterson, and other local dignitaries. After an unseen lunch reception, the aviators depart in their plane. Original medium and format: gelatin silver emulsion on cellulose acetate film, 35mm Running time: 00:10:00 This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-31-17-0401-17.

Note

Date note: The date range is based on the incorporation date of Reed Film Corporation (1929), and the end of Governor John H. Trumbull's second term (1931). The footage of Costes and Bellonte was taken on September 6, 1930.

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motion pictures (visual works)

People

Trumbull, John Harper, 1873-1961
Batterson, Walter E., 1887-1957
Costes, Dieudonn, 1892-1973
Bellonte, Maurice, 1896-1984

Rights

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

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Link

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/40002:ProgressAviation2

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Contributor Content From Connecticut Historical Society Description The second reel of "Progress of Aviation in Connecticut," a short black and white narrated film. It opens with then-governor John H. Trumbull piloting a plane. It then depicts Pratt & Whitney executives flying to a meeting in Bridgeport, Connecticut, including aerial footage.

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Elias Howe in 1846 invented the first sewing machine to stitch clothing and fabric.

He opened the Howe Machine Company of Bridgeport, CT.

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Invented at the Gray Telephone Pay Station Company in New Haven, CT. The first telephone began as a pay phone. People would need to pay by inserting coins into it to make a call.

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Ezra Lee in the first submarine called the “Turtle” that was built in 1775 and invented by  David Bushnell.

Groton, CT is known for General Dynamics Electric Boat where submarines are built and the Groton U.S Navy Base where navy sailors are trained to use the submarines. You can see the turtle at the Nautilus Museum in Groton!

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The first typewriter invented by George Blickensderfer in 1892. His company, Blickenderfer Manufacturing Company was located on Garden Street in Stamford, CT.

How has this invention helped people today?

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Which of these inventions do you think is the most helpful?