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France -- Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier
In 1983, Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier demonstraited the flight of the first hot air balloon.
the hot air balloon was made out of linnen bags, and was inflated by a fire underneath it.
It flew 8 kilometers across Paris, France. -
England -- monoplane built -- Sir George Caley
Sir George Caley studied different animal flight, and in 1855, he built a monoplane able to carry people. INTERESTING FACT: When he was a child, Sir George Cayley used to build and fly model planes. -
California -- flying faster than sound -- Chuck Yeager
On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. At first, many people thought he wouldn't be able to do it. INTERESTING FACT: Chuck Yeager's plane was named after his wife. -
Russia -- Yuri Gagarin -- First man in space
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. -
1969 -- Neil Armstrong -- First man on the moon
On July 20th, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to stand on the moon. By July 11, the Apollo 11 had gotten to the orbit of the moon, and then the Apollo 11 finally landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. -
Marc Garneau - First Canadian in space
in 1984, Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space. INTERESTING FACT: in 1989, 5 years after he first went to space, Marc Garneau became the Deputy Director of the Canadian Astronaut Program. -
Human powered aircraft -- ontario -- Todd Reichert
Todd Reichert creats an aircraft that has birdlike, flapping wings,that is powered by pumping some pedals with your legs. Todd Reichert was able to fly the veical fo 20 seconds, and it flew 145 metres. -
China -- kite invented
2400 years ago, the kite was invented in China -
birdlike planes
a plane that acts exactly like a bird does when it flies. -
floating cars invented
cars that float about a metre in the air and drive like ordinary cars on different roads and terrain. -
new method of importing and exporting items
An invention that can quickly ship items directly across large oceans by putting the items on a large box about the size of a small boat, which then flies across oceans, and uses the ocean water as a fuel by floating down to the water to suck up some ocean water which it then uses for fuel. landing on special pads
