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Oct 17, 1250
Mechanical flight
robert bacon writes about the mechanical flight -
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
Francesco de Lana Terzi publishes a design for lighter-than-air ship. -
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
André Jacques Garnerin was the first man to make, test, and use a parachute from a great height. -
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
In 1903 December 17, the Wright brothers made the first powered plane after 4 succesfull flights. -
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.
