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Major events in the history of Flight

By MachoManRandySavage123
  • Leonardo's "Orthinopter"
    Jan 1, 1485

    Leonardo's "Orthinopter"

    First Study of what came to be modern flight
  • First Hot Air Balloon made and flown.

    First Hot Air Balloon made and flown.

    Two brothers, Joseph and Jaques Montgolfer, created the first ever hot air balloon and the first ever manned flight of one.
  • First "plane" built with an engine. The "Aerodome"

    First "plane" built with an engine. The "Aerodome"

  • The first glider made and tested.

    The first glider made and tested.

    Otto Lilenthal (from Germany), studied aerodynamics and invented this. He flew over 2500 flights.
  • Wright brothers and the first plane

    Wright brothers and the first plane

    These brothers flew and made the first airplane
  • First female Cross Atlantic flight

    First female Cross Atlantic flight

    Trip made by Amelia Earheart and Fred Noonan
  • FIrst man on the moon

    FIrst man on the moon

  • FIrst supersonic plane

    FIrst supersonic plane