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Period: 4000 BCE to 1000 BCE
Mythology
Hermes, the flying god, messenger of all gods
Faethon, the son of Helios flies with his father chariot
Daedalos and Icaros fly with artificial wings to escape from Creta island
Argo, was the flying ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece.
Pegasus, a horse with wings
Eros, was the Greek flying god of love
Harpy
Iris -
420 BCE
Archytas constructs a flying peagon
Archytas the Tarantium creates a flying peagon. http://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-technology/steam-powered-pigeon-archytas-flying-machine-antiquity-002179 -
The first balloon in Greece
The first balloon was constructed in Syrrako, north Greece. The first attempt was unsuccesful http://romiazirou.blogspot.gr/2015/12/blog-post_77.html -
The first flight in Greece
the first plane took off with the first Greek aviator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanouil_Argyropoulos -
Olympic Air
Olympic Air, the first air company in Greece, was funded by Aristoteles Onassis. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Olympic-Airlines -
The first Greek satelite
Launch of the Greek satellite HELLAS SAT 3 from the Arianespace Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.http://www.hellas-sat.net/homepage
