timeline

By tc027
  • Leonardo da Vinci
    Jan 1, 1500

    Leonardo da Vinci

    of italy drew plans and pictures of human-powered flight these plans inclued an orithoptor that attached to a pilots back
  • roger bacon
    Jan 1, 1582

    roger bacon

    Although gunpowder was first invented and described in China, Bacon was the first in Europe to record its formula.
  • Sir George Cayley

    Sir George Cayley

    of enland studied animal flight and desiganed a monoplane glider to carry humans
  • aerial photography

    aerial photography

    technique of photographing the Earth's surface or features of its atmosphere or hydrosphere with cameras mounted on aircraft, rockets, or Earth-orbiting satellites and other spacecraft.
  • The Wright brothers

    The Wright brothers

    they made a successful power fight they built they onw 12 horsepower gas engine
  • SAAS

    SAAS

    it stands for saskatchewans air amublance service the saas was founded the first and only civilian ambulance service in north america
  • smoke jumpers

    smoke jumpers

    Smokejumpers are firefighters who parachute into hard-to-reach areas to fight fires. The smokejumper shown here is taking part in a training operation.
  • chuck yeager

    chuck yeager

    American test pilot and U.S. Air Force officer who was the first man to exceed the speed of sound in flight.
  • Avro Arrow

    Avro Arrow

    it was cancelled on fedbruary 20 1959 designed in canada in the 1950was said to be thw most advanced airplane of it time
  • Otto Lilienthal

    Otto Lilienthal

    The most significant pre-Wright brothers aeronautical experimenter was German glider pioneer Otto Lilienthal. Between 1891 and 1896,