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Leonardo Da Vinci designed a plan for a man-carrying ornithopter with flapping wings.
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Was created a type of dron (a Paper globe) builted by the Montgolfier brothers, and flown by Francois de Rozier.
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A museum was focused on the early history of the airplane, from its conception.
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The Aerial Steam Carriage, was thought by William Henson and was the first aircraft design to show propellers.
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Felix du Temple made the first attempt at manned flight in a powered aircraft. He was not successful.
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Was the first flight of a glider without motor addressed by John Joseph Montgomery, Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher y Octave Chanute.
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The Wrigth brothers developed their temperamental Kitty Hawk Flyer.
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It took place in Kitty Hawk.
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Gabriel Voison builds and flies a "float glider" for Ernest Archdeacon, towing it behind a motorboat on the Seine river.
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Harriet Quimby was the first licensed woman pilot in the United States.
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Opinion:
I believe that in a beginning the airplane was not thought as it is now, but the people that worked in these artifacts had a vision in his minds of something perfect and unique that could bring to the humanity the opportunity of exploring the sky and get excited of roam for this. -
Glossary:
*Glider: a motorless, heavier-than-air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents.
*Dron: An aerial vehicle not tripulated. References:
http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/History_of_the_Airplane/History_of_the_Airplane_Intro/History_of_the_Airplane_Intro.htm
http://cinicosdesinope.com/sucesos/la-historia-del-avion-quien-como-y-cuando-se-invento/
