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a Franciscan monk in England suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an "engine or flying" which would move artificial wings that could beat air
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drew plans and pictures of human powered flight. these plans included an ornithopter that attached to a pilot's back and drove two large flaps and a simple helicopter. he also invented the parachute, which enables humans to descend from great heights.
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in france they 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 2 people
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he studied animal flight and designed a monoplane glider to carry humans . as a child Cayley built and flew model gliders
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he developed methods to control glider flight from a hill in Germany Otto launched a glider whose flight could be controlled by shifting his weight -
they made the first successful powered flight. the wright brothers built their own 12 horsepower gas engine and propeller.
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he broke the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound in a rocket powered x-1 plane. at the time it was not known is an aircraft could fly faster than the speed of sound travels or if a pilot could survive going that speed -
it was founded the first and only civilian air ambulance service in north America today the SAAS continues to offer a vital service -
smokejumpers were first used in Saskatchewan in 1947. these firefighters parachuted into newly discovered fires to stop them from spreading
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it was said to be the most advanced airplane of its time. its speed was Mach 1.98 times the speed of sound. it is also had many "firsts" in aircraft design
