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Feb 21, 1260
Roger Bacon
Roger Bacon a Franciscan monk in England suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an "engine for flying " which would move artificial wings made to beat the air. -
Feb 21, 1500
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci of Italy drew plans and pictures of human-powered flight. These plans include an "ornithoptor" that attached to a pilot's back and drove to large flaps, and a simple helicopter. He also invented the parachute, which enables humans to descend from great heights. -
Montgolfier brothers
Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier of France tested there hot air balloon through an 8-km flight across Paris. They had discovered that a balloon made of linen bags filled with fire heated air had enough lift to carry 2 people. -
Sir George Cayley
A pioneer of modern aviation, Sir George Cayley of England studied animal flight and designed a monoplane glider to carry humans.He built a model big enough to carry a small boy several meters off the ground In 1853 he made the first glider to carry a adult. -
Otto Lilienthal
Most of the aviators at this time were concerned only with building flying machines and not about learning how to fly them. Otto Lilienthal of Germany was the first heavier-than-air-pilot. He developed methods to control glider flight. From a hill in Germany, Lilienthal launched a glider controlled by shifting your weight. -
The Wright brothers
The wright brothers made the first successful powered flight. The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur, of the U.S built there own 12 horsepower gas engine and propeler. -
the Aerial Experiment Association
Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian pilot. -
William Wallace Gibson
He created a small model planes that flew, and worked on an engine to power a full sized plane. It was the fist Canadian aircraft engine tested successfully. -
the Aerial Service Company
the Aerial Service Company laid out the first licensed aerodrome in Canada. -
the SAAS
The Saskatchewan air ambulance service was founded, the and only civilian air ambulance in North America. -
Smokejumpers
Smokejumpers were first used in Saskatchewan. These firefighters parachuted into newly discovered fires to prevent spreading. -
Chuck Yeager
He broke the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound. -
Avro Arrow
It was said to be the most advanced airplane of it's time. It's test speed was mach 1.98 or 1.98. -
Hugh McPhail
Hugh McPhail was a pioneer flying farmer, he was a bomber pilot in the royal air force. his background gave him expertise to begin ariel crop spraying.
