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Jan 1, 1260
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an engine for flying, which would have artificial wings made to beat in the air. -
Jan 1, 1500
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci made plans and pictures of human-powered flight. The plans included an ornithoptor that attached to a pilots back and drove two large flaps, and a simple helicopter. He also invented the parachute which enables hums to descend from great heights. -
Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier
The brothers tested their hot air balloon through an 8-km flight across paris. They had discovered that a balloon made out of linen bags filled with fire-heated air had enough lift to carry two people. -
Sir George Cayley
He studied animal flight and designed a monoplane glider to carry humans. In 1853 he made the first glider to carry an adult. -
Otto Lilienthal
He developed methods to control glider flight. From a hill in Germany, launched a glider whose flight can be controlled by shifting his weight. -
the Wright brothers
On December 17, 1903, the american wright flyer made the first successful powered flight. Orville and Wilbur, of the united states built the own 12-horsepower gas engine and propeller, and became the first humans to truly fly. -
the aerial experimental association
4 inventors were involved in this group such as Alexander Graham bell, John McCurdy, Casey Baldwin, and motorcycle designer, Glenn Curtiss. in march 1908 Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian pilot. in 1908, the silver dart was constructed and it was flown by McCurdy. He made the first controlled powered flight in Canada on February 23, 1909. -
William Wallace Gibson
William Wallace Gibson made small sized model airplanes that flew. He also worked on a engine to a power full-sized airplane. that engine was the first Canadian aircraft engine to be tested successful. -
Aerial Service Company
The Aerial Service Company was created by Roland Groome and Robert McCombie. On April 20, 1920, Groome became the first person to have a registered aircraft in Canada. McCombie became the first person in Canada to earn a air engineers certificate. -
Aerial Photography
In 1923 the Royal Canadian Air force started taking aerial photography surveys. This lead to increased mineral exploration and the development of northern Saskatchewan. -
SAAS
The SAAS or Saskatchewan Air Ambulance service was founded in 1946. It was the first and only civilian air ambulance in north america. The SAAS still offers its services today. -
chuck yeager
Chuck Yeager of the United States broke the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound in a rocket-powered x-1 plane. Yeager continued to test new aircraft and set a new airspeed record of more than twice the speed of sound in 1952. -
Smoke Jumpers
The Smoke Jumpers were founded in 1947. They would parachute into newly discovered forest fires and put them out. They became important in forest fire detection and suppression. -
Arvo arrow
In the 1950s, the Arvo was designed. It was said to be the most advanced airplane of its time. Just three weeks before it was to take flight all of it was destroyed the airplane and design documents. -
Hugh McPhail
Hugh McPhail was a bomber pilot and a agriculture economist. This Unique background gave him the expertise to begin aerial crop spraying in 1951. He used a variety of herbicides and insecticides.
