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Jan 1, 1260
Roger Bacon
It was the first time someone suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an "engine for flying". It was also the first time someone suggested someone could move artificial wings made to beat the air. -
Jan 1, 1500
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian, drew pictures of human-powered flight for the first time. He also invented the parachute, which allows humans to descend from great heights. -
The Montgolfier Brothers
Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier went on an 8-km flight while testing their new invention - the hot-air balloon. The brothers discovered that a balloon with fire-heated air had enough lift to carry two people. -
Sir George Cayley
Sir George Cayley, a pioneer of modern aviation, studied animal flight and was the first human to design a monoplane glider. Forty years later he made a new model that was capable of more height. In 1853, he made a glider that could carry an adult. -
Otto Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal was a German who, in 1891, developed methods to control glider flight. Lilienthal launched a glider from a hill in Germany, and it was a success! -
The Wright Brothers
Orville and Wilbur Wright, two American brothers, built their very own gas engine and propeller, and became the first humans to literally fly. The Brothers chose to test their Flyer at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, because of the strong winds. -
The Aerial Experiment Association
The Association included four members, Alexander Graham Bell, John McCurdy, Casey Baldwin, and Glenn Curtiss. Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian pilot in March 1908. Later, another plane, the June Bug, won the Scientific American trophy for being the first plane to fly 1 km in North America. This group of intelligent people accomplished much more than what is here. -
William Wallace Gibson
William Wallace Gibson created small model planes, and worked on a larger engine that could power a full-sized airplane. This engine was tested and was successful when it powered Gibson's plane on a flight in Victoria, British Columbia. -
The Aerial Service Company
Roland Groome, Robert McCombie, and Edward Clarke formed an aviation company, the Aerial Service Company, and laid out the first licensed aerodrome in Canada. -
Aerial Photography
The Royal Canadian Air Force started taking aerial photography surveys. These surveys led to mineral exploration and the development of Northern Saskatchewan. -
Saskatchewan Air Ambulance Service(SAAS)
The SAAS was founded in 1946 the first and only air ambulance in North America. -
Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager of the States broke the sound barrier because he flew faster than the speed of sound. It was the first time it happened, since people didn't know if a pilot could survive traveling at that speed. -
The Smokejumpers
The Smokejumpers were first used in 1947. These firefighters used parachutes to locate fires more quickly and put them out. They became very important in forest fires. -
The Avro Arrow
The Avro Arrow was designed in Canada and was said to be the most advanced airplane of its time. It could fly 1.98 times the speed of sound. The project was cancelled three weeks before the test. The plane was destroyed. -
Hugh McPhail
Hugh McPhail was a pioneer flying farmer and was a bomber pilot. These skills gave him the skill to begin aerial crop spraying, using different chemicals like herbicides and insecticides.
