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Flying

  • Hot-air ballon

    Hot-air ballon
    It was invented by the Montgolfier brothers. It was the first machine to carry.
  • Airship

    Airship
    It was pushed forward by propellers.
  • Gliders

    Gliders
    It were invented by Otto Lilienthal. It were the first aircraft with wings.
  • Igor Sikorsky

    Igor Sikorsky
    He invented the helicopters, because he inspired by the news of aviation firsts to build a rubber-band powered helicopter model that lifted off ground. He died in 1972.
  • Powered aeroplane

    Powered aeroplane
    It was invented by Wright brothers in America. Their plane was driven by a very ligth petrol engine.
  • Helicopters

    Helicopters
    It were invented by the Russian Igor Sikorsky. They lifted vertically and had two blades that turned in opposite directions.
  • Jet airliner

    Jet airliner
    The "Comet" was the world's first jet airliner.
  • Supersonic airliner

    Supersonic airliner
    It crossed the Atlantic from New York to London in less than three hours.
  • Airbus 380

    Airbus 380
    It can carry 555 passengers on 2 decks.