History of Flight

1485 Leonardo Da Vinci - The Ornithopte

Jan 1, 1485

Leonardo (1452-1519) born in Vinci, Italy. About 1485 he think how about a human fly like a bird , he drew detailed plans for a human-powered ornithopter

1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon

Jun 5, 1783

Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make the first Hot Air Balloon in 1783 . Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Ètienne Montgolfier, prosperous paper manufacturers began experimenting with lighter-than-air devices after observing that heated air flowing directed into a paper or fabric bag made the bag rise

1799 - 1850's - George Cayley

Jan 1, 1799

Sir George Cayley, born in 1773 . Since 1799 , He try to make one version of a Glider

1891 Lilienthal's Gliders

Jan 1, 1891

Lilienthal was born in Pomerania, Germany in 1848. Even as a teenager, he was interested in flight, and with his brother Gustav, in 1867 built a frail contraption of thin birch veneer.

1891 Samuel P. Langley Langley Aerodrome

Jan 2, 1891

Samuel Langley (1834-1906) was an aviation pioneer and early Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. As a youth, Langley studied civil engineering and pursued this as a career until 1864, when his interest in astronomy led him to positions at the Harvard Observatory, the Naval Academy, the Western University of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny Observatory

1894 Octave Chanute - Wright Brothers Glider

Jan 1, 1894

Octave Chanute ( 1832, 1910) was born in France but considered himself a true American American railway engineer and aviation pioneer. He provided many budding enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers with help and advice, and helped to publicize their flying experiments. At his death he was hailed as the father of aviation and the heavier-than-air flying machine