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The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying.
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Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's. He had over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight.
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Octave Chanute published Progress in Flying Machines
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The "Flyer" lifted from level ground to the north of Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, at 10:35 a.m.
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Wilbur piloted the Flyer III for 39 minutes and about 24 miles of circles around Huffman Prairie
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Calbriath Rodgers made the first flight across the United States
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after an energy crisis sent fuel prices skyward, Richard Whitcomb, who was a NASA aerodynamicist, published a paper that compared a wing with a winglet and the same wing with a simple extension to increase its spa
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the International Academy of Astronauts (IAA), which has a commission devoted to space and society, sponsored the first international conference on space and society in Budapest, Hungary
