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Leonardo da Vinci invented the parachute wich enables people to fal from great hight without dying.
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the Montgofier brothers observed a floating ballon and decided to make one that people can fly in. they spent a long tie doing expirements on how to make the ballon rise without a propeler or turn without wings, but eventualy they figured it out. -
he invented the first glider ever. he was also the first human to invent a glider that could hold a adult. -
he studied planes and how to fly them, he became the first control a plane and a glider.
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The Wright brothers developed the first flying plain. The flight lasted 12 seconds and flew36.6m. This was a important development because it led to Chuck Yeager building his super fast plain.
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William Wallace Gibson created a engine powered plane that powered a full sized plane and the first test that was succesfull. he test flew it in Victoria, British Columbia
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the SAAS is a air ambulance service that helps people that are in remote areas and that need help fast. today the SAAS still helps hundreds of people that need help in remote areas.
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In 1947 Chuck Yeager brock the sound barrier by going faster than the speed sound travels. this helped develop fighter jets and everyday aircrafts. 5 years later he developed a plain that could go twice the speed of sound.
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Smokejumpers were firt used in saskachewan in 1947. they jumped into fires to stop them from spreeding. they became very important in fighting forests fires and forest fire detections.
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the Avro Arrow, desighned in canada, was said to be the most advanced plane of its time. It could go 1.98 times the speed of sound. just three weeks before it was suposted to take flight it was canceled. All the blueprints were burned and it took over 40 years to re create the Avro Arrow.
