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Aug 11, 1260
Roger Bacon
He suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an "engine for flying." This was the start of air planes. -
Aug 11, 1500
Leonardo da Vinci
He drew plans and pictures of air planes. He also invented the parachute. -
The Montgolfier brothers
Joseph and Jacques tested their hot air balloon through an 8-km flight through Paris. They had discovered that a balloon made of linen bags with fire-heated air had enough lift to carry two people. This was the first hot air balloon. -
Sir George Cayley
He studied animal flight and designed monoplane glider to carry humans. In 1853, he made the first glider to carry an adult. -
Otto Lilienthal
He developed a method to control the glider. -
The Wright Brothers
They built their own 12-horsepower gas engine and propeller, and became the frst humans to fly. -
Avro arrow
Casey Baldwin was the first Canadian pilot. Another plane won the Scientific American trophy by being the first to fly 1 km. -
William Wallace Gibson
William created small model planes that flew, and worked on an engine to power a full-sized airplane. -
The Aerial Experiment
Roland Groome and Robert McCombie made the first flight from saskatoon to Regina. -
Aerial Photography
The Royal Canadian Air Force started taking aerial photography. -
SAAS
Saskatchewan Air Ambulance Service was founded. Today, the SAAS still helps us. -
Chuck Yeager
He flew faster than the speed of sound. -
Smoke jumpers
Smoke jumpers parachuted into fires to stop them from spreading. They were important because they stopped fires. -
Hugh McPhail
Hugh McPhail was a pioneer flying farmer, having a unique background of being both a bomber pilot and an agricultural economist. This background gave him to be able to begin crop spraying.
