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Jan 1, 1010
Monk tries fly
A monk jumps off Malmesbury abbey in London. He trys to glide with some wings that he made it doesn't work he breaks limbs. -
Period: Jan 1, 1010 to
History of aviation
The History of Aviation -
Jan 1, 1485
Leonardo Da Vinci
Leonardo Da Vinci was an artist and designer he made lots of planes and even a helicopter. Unfortunately none of them were built but they might have worked and they were definitely a start. -
The Montgolfier brothers
In Annonay the Montgolfier brothers. They found out hot air rises and they made lots of balloons. Unfortunately they were very vulnerable to fire. -
Sir George Cayley
Sir George cayley made the principles of flight. Weight, lift, drag and thrust. -
Age of steam
After George Cayley made the principles flying people made lots of steam planes and engines -
Samuel Langley
Samuel Langley achieve an unmanned flight of 1km. -
The Wright Brothers
In North Carolina the Wright Brothers flew into the air using a catapult. They were the first people to be able to turn so they are the first people to fly, (arguably) -
The Red Baron + Rene Fonck
Through from 1914 - 1918. The Red Baron shot down lots of ally planes. Shot down 80 with 2 machine guns. Rene Fonck shot down 75 planes as well but we was against the Germans. -
The Night Witches
From 1939 through till 1945 some russian woman called the night witches dropped a sum total of 3000 tons of bombs onto the enemy forces. -
Chuck Yeager
In the USA chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound. -
Albert Crossfield
Albert Crossfield flew a rocket. -
Neil Armstrong
Neil armstrong stood on the moon.
