History Of Flight

By SchoolOfPotatoes
  • Mechanical flight
    Oct 17, 1250

    Mechanical flight

    robert bacon writes about the mechanical flight
  • The Ornithopter
    Oct 16, 1485

    The Ornithopter

    In the 1800's Leonardo Da Vinci made the first real studies of flight. He made a model known as the "Ornithopter" It was never created. it was just a drawing and a model.

  • The Designs continue

    Francesco de Lana Terzi publishes a design for lighter-than-air ship.
  • lighter than air

    lighter than air

    Francesco de Lana Terzi publishes a design for lighter-than-air ship.
  • 1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon

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

    In 1783, the first passengers in the colorful balloon were a sheep, rooster and duck. It climbed to a height of about 6,000 feet and traveled more than 1 mile.After this first success, the brothers began to send men up in balloons. The first manned flight was on November 21, 1783, the passengers were Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier and Francois Laurent.
  • First Used Parachute

    First Used Parachute

    André Jacques Garnerin was the first man to make, test, and use a parachute from a great height.
  • The first Glider in Motion

    The first Glider in Motion

    Otto Lilienthal was the first man to design, and fly a glider. He studied Aerodynamics and after his studies, he wrote and published a book, which later became the Wight Brothers basis on flight.
  • The First Plane

    The First Plane

    In 1903 December 17, the Wright brothers made the first powered plane after 4 succesfull flights.
  • THe First Jets.

    THe First Jets.

    Suprisingly in World War 2 the first jet planes were being used.

  • First Steps Of Flight

    By 549 AD chinese paper kites were being flown around. this got many people interested in flight.
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    549 AD - 2014 History of Flight

    The History Of Flight.