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Period: 900 BCE to 330
Greek, Roman, Chinese Mythology
Winged feet, Mercury and Hermes. Ancient Chinese stories of emperors escaping jail flying away with wings. -
Sep 15, 1480
Da Vinci
160 pages of designs of helicopters and parachutes. Understood the center of gravity. His works where lost 300-400 years -
Flammable Air
Hydrogen was found to be flammable by Henry Cavendish -
Montgolfier Brothers
Paper maker's that found paper could be burned and it created a gust of air. Pushes balloon up and they could only go up and down with little control of where they went. Flew with animals. -
Balloon Flight in US
First air balloon flight in the United States. 10 years later but it brought the experience to the US and showed many people what is possible. Flown in Philadelphia, which was at the time, our nation's capital. -
Balloon successfully steered back to starting point
Balloons are able to finally be steered to where we want it to be. -
First manned glider
First manned glider really showed that air travel can be possible. Sometimes brought up in the air by balloon and let free to glide down to Earth, human flight is here! -
First Rigid Dirigible
Zeppelin created first rigid dirigible. Now the balloon no longer needs to be held in shape by the pressure of the lifting gas -
First manned flight
First powered flight to go a short distance. The Wright bothers take the cake. At the time it was the one and only first powered sustained flight. -
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WWI speed improvements
At the start of WW1 we where only able to fly around 70-80 mph and towards the end we reached speeds of 140-150 mph. This was a huge increase for modern aviation. -
Airmail- First use
Sending mail VIA air was now possible. Started on east coast travelling short distances. -
WWI airplane use
At the start of WWI we would use airplanes for mainly recon and very small transportation. At the end of WWI we started to use planes for dropping bombs from the air, although not very accurate, it was an improvement. -
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Atlantic Crossings
In May we were able to cross the Atlantic ocean while only taking 4 stops. In 1 month we went from 4 stops to having to take 0 stops to cross the ocean. -
Round-World flight
Bill Mitchell organized a round-world flight to grow awareness for aviation and to keep it growing. -
Airmail act of 1925
Now that airmail was becoming popular, we passed an act that regulates the economy of the federal air service. -
Air Commerce Act
Regulation of commercial air, people started to pay for flying to certain destinations. -
Charles Linberg
Charles was the first pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic. This was a big deal because it showed transatlantic flight is possible but you can do it solo. Doing it in about 30 hours was a huge advancement for aviation. -
Amelia Earhart
Flying across the Atlantic solo was huge but now it shows new hope for women. Many thought women were a lesser to men as pilots. Amelia proved that women are just as good as men as well as inspiring women across the world. -
Mcnary-Watres act of 1932
Amended that airmail act and it would charge for space. It also added more routes and for planes that had more than one engine there would be a special bonus. -
Boeing 247
Boeing attempt at taking over the air mail but was made obsolete once the DC-3 was shown to be the better plane -
Airmail act of 1934
Economic and safety regulations were changed. It was a big deal because now airliners or air transport companies could be separate from Aircraft manufacturers. -
Boeing 299
The Boeing 299 B-17 was a bomber that could out fly any pursue plane of its time Boeing was able to win this contract after the Boeing 247 stopped production -
US buys 50 airplanes
Buying 50 airplanes was a huge stepping stone for the US. We are preparing for future war. We now believe aviation can lead us in the right direction and investing into this amount of airplanes was a huge step in the right direction. -
DC3-Douglas Aircraft
DC3 was an aircraft that was good for many things. Transportation and delivering mail. Took over the skies for the US, took over Boeing's 247. -
Jet Age Begins
Faster planes and more improvement. It began in Germany. It also led to commercial air. -
CAA war training service
The CAA was made in 1944 to train pilots for the future they trained 300,000 pilots to be ready for battle. -
United States Air Force Created
The US military decided to add a Air Branch to specialist with planes -
Chuck Yeagar
First man to successfully go faster than the speed of sound -
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Berlin Air Lift
Germany had a blockade around Berlin so America and other allied powers created a air lift to bring them supplies. -
Commercial Aviation
The start of commercial flight was huge for the aviation industry. People now believed that traveling by air was useful and it brought economic stability to many aviation companies. Traveling across the Atlantic was now a common thing. Bigger airports and more planes. -
Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 was a mid sized four engine plane built by Boeing and could go up to 5,750 miles. -
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 was a wide body passenger and cargo plane named the "queen of the sky" and was known for its humped roofed. -
Deregulation act of 1978
Complete independence for Airliners. This was a shaky start for many as they didn't know how to really get started and how to plan out their flights. After a few shaky years there was more competition and led to more small airliners. -
Unmanned Aircraft
This is a huge step for in the right direction. Unmanned aircraft will lead to less deaths and overall safer missions for everyone. They can be controlled from far away keeping many pilots safe. -
Noble Eagle-Policing the Skies
Post 9/11 Americans where skeptical of flying. The Government decided policing the skies and upping the security of flying would bring the US back to normal.
