Flight Timeline

By ae014
  • Jan 1, 1260

    roger bacon

    roger bacon
    a Franciscan monk in England suggested that person could sit in the middle of an engine for flying witch would move artificial wings made to beat the sir.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    leonardo da vinci

    leonardo da vinci
    he drew plans and pictures of and human powered helicopter with two large flaps and he invented the parachute
  • montgolfier brothers

    montgolfier brothers
    first hot air balloon
  • sir george cayley

    sir george cayley
    made the first adult carrying glider
  • otto lilienthal

    otto lilienthal
    he was the first heavier than air pilot witch means he was the first to control a glider by shifting his weight.
  • the wright brothers

    the wright brothers
    the wright brothers made the first successful powered flight on 12 horse power and a gas engine.
  • chuck Yeager

    chuck Yeager
    chuck broke the sound barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound in s rocket powered x-1 plane.