flight

Roger Bacon

Jan 1, 1260

Roger Bacon was a franciscan monk from England. he hand the first idea for a plane. He said that a person should sit in the middle of an "engine for flying."

Leonardo da Vinci

Jan 1, 1500

Leonardo was a guy from italy that drew up ideas that showed a thing atacced to a guys back that made them fly that was human powered.

The two montgolfiers brothers

Nov 21, 1783

The two brothers Joseph and jacques who were from frace tested a hot air balloon that went 8KM across Paris.

Sir Goerge Cayley

1853

as a kid sir George would make mini gliders but as an adult he made them life size and built the first glider to fly a human.

the Amarican Wright flyer

Dec 17, 1903

the wright flyer was the first seccseeful powered flight the wright brothers from the us built there first 12 horsepower engine and propeler and became the first humans to truely fly.

Chuck Yeager

1947

chuck was a guy from the u.s that broke th esound barrier by fly faster them the speed of sound. he did it in a rocket-powered X-1 plane.