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400 BCE
even the planes flew before us?
Arquitas de Taranto, student of Ancient Greece, built a wooden artifact that himself baptized with the name of "Peristera" (Dove), which was shaped like a bird and was capable of fly at about 180 meters high. It used a jet of air to lift the flight, but there is no record of what it was that produced that jet. The flying object was tied by ropes that allowed a controlled flight until the jet of air ended. This wooden device was probably the first flying machine capable of moving by own means. -
Period: 300 BCE to 559
to fulfill a great dream of humanity it is necessary to sacrifice his humanity?
The Chinese invented "the kite", which is considered a type of glider, and developed techniques to make it fly in the air. Centuries later, in the year 559 there are documented flights of human beings using comets. Emperor Gao Yang experimented with prisoners, among whom was Yuan Huangtou, son of the previous emperor, Yuan Lang. He ordered them to launch from the top of a tower, and Yuan Huangtou planned to overcome the barriers of the city, although shortly afterwards he would die executed. -
852
Is that a person? Is the ancestor of Mary Poppins? Is that hurt?
In this year, the Andalusian Abbás Ibn Firnás, was launched from the minaret of the mosque of Córdoba with a huge canvas to cushion the fall, suffering minor injuries, but going down in history as the precursor of modern parachutes. -
875
the fall of the human wood bird
In this year, with 65 age, Firnás return to was made to make wooden wings covered with silk cloth that he had adorned with raptor feathers. With them he launched himself from the top of a hill, and managed to remain in the air for a short space of time, although there are stories that claim that he flew for more than ten minutes. The landing was very violent and Abbas Ibn Firnas fractured both legs, but he considered the experience a success, as did the large crowd of people who observed him. -
Period: 1010 to 1290
the angels in the image of birds?
The flight of abbas served as inspiration for Eilmer de Malmesbury, a Benedictine monk, who more than a century later, around the year 1010, traveled more than 200 meters in the air, on an apparatus similar to that of Abbas Ibn Firnas. Later, an English monk wrote that air, like water, had some characteristics of solids. Bacon studied the ideas of Archimedes related to the density of the elements, and came to the conclusion that if people could build a machine that had the right characteristics. -
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our dream starts powered by hot air
For centuries there were timid attempts to fulfill the dream of humanity to reach the flight, failing most of them, but since the eighteenth century the human being began to experiment with hot air balloons that managed to rise in the air, but had the inconvenience of not being able to be controlled. This problem was overcome in the nineteenth century with the construction of the first dirigibles, which did allow control. -
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the first detages of the metallic bird
At the beginning of this century, many investigated the flight with gliders, machines capable of sustaining the controlled flight for some time, and they also began to build the first airplanes equipped with motor, but that, even being driven by external aids, they barely managed Take off and walk a few meters. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that the first successful flights took place. -
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the great airplane plane of the little demon
Leonardo designed gliders and ornithoptera, which used mechanisms imitating the constant movement of the wings of a bird to fly. However, he never got to build such machines, but his designs were preserved, and subsequently, one of the gliders that design was considered worthy of attention. However, when interpreting the design of the glider in modern times, some modern ideas related to aerodynamics were applied. Even so, this design is considered as the first serious sketch of an aircraft. -
Two young chickens can master a hawk?
After carrying out several tests and flights with gliders, the Wrights decided in 1902 to start manufacturing a plane heavier than air. They became the first team of designers to perform tests and fix errors of the aircraft of the time. The tests were difficult, but the Wrights were perseverant. At the same time, they manufactured an engine with the desired power, and solved the problems of flight control, thus achieving 40 meters in only 12 seconds, being the first flight driven by motor
