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Jan 1, 1260
Sir Roger bacon
He suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an engine for flying. -
Jan 1, 1500
Leonardo da Vinci
He drew the plans of flight. these plans included an ornithoptor witch was attached to back of a pilot and drove two large flaps and a simple helicopter. he had also made the parachute. -
Montgolfier brothers
brothers Josephs and Jacques Montpelier of France tested their hot- air balloon through an 8-km flight across Paris. they had discovered that a balloon made of linen bags filled with fire heated air had enough lift to carry two people. After many failed experiments and designs flying machines were finally created that could carry people. -
Sir George Cayley
He made the first glider to carry adults. -
Otto Lilienthal
He was the first heavier than air pilot. he devolved methods to control glider flying. -
Wright brothers
They made the first successful powered flight. -
Aerial Service Company
Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian pilot. -
Aerial Experiment Association
The first controlled power flight. -
William Wallace Gibson
he created small model planes that flew and worked on an engine to power a full sized airplane. -
aerial photography
taking aerial photography surveys. -
Chuck Yeager
He broke the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. -
SAAS
They offer vitual service to Saskatchewans northern communities. -
Smokejumpers
They parachuted into newly discovered fires to stop them. -
Hugh McPhail
He was a pioneer flying farmer.
