History of Aviation

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    Leonardo´s designs

    Leonardo´s designs
    • He designed an "aircraft" that would fly fappling its wings
    • Its was an ornithopter, but it was never build

  • Francesco Lana de Terzi

    Francesco Lana de Terzi
    • He suggested an airship that would fly by usimg copper spheres containing a vacuum
    • This concept is knonw as a vacuum airship and its not possible to this day

  • Hot Air balloon

    Hot Air balloon
    • Was made by The Montgolfier Brothers -It was an unmanned demonstration
    • The principle of the air ballons was already been knonw by the chinese but was aplied only to small ballons

  • First Hydrogen Balloon

    • Made by Jacques Charles and the Nicolas-Louis Robert

  • Henri Giffard

    • Is believed to be the first powered, controlled, sustained lighter-than-air flight.
    • It was a steam engine driven craft.

  • La France

    La France
    • The first fully controllable free-flight
    • Was an electric-powered airship made by the army

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    • Designed and crafted by Otto Lilienthal
    • Was a glider

  • Wright Flyer

    Wright Flyer
    • An aircraft made by Wright brother´s
    • Was a powered aircraft

  • No. 14 bis

    • Made by Santos-Dumont
    • It had steering gear
    • Was the first sustained flight in Europe

  • Demoiselle No 19

    Demoiselle No 19
    • Made by Santos-Dumont
    • Was the world's first series production aircraft
    • It could made in just 15 days

  • First Commercial Airplane

    • By Thomas W. Benoist
    • It had a cost of $400 for 23 minutes

  • St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line

    • It was the first commercial passanger airline
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    World War 1

    • During this event and time period many technologies were developed that pioneered the use of metal in aircraft.

  • First rotocraft

    • Invented Juan de la Cierva
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    World War II

    • During this period the first jet aircraft was created and flew in the war

  • CAA

    CAA
    • The Civil Aeronautics Administration was stablished
    • Later became the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

  • Commercial jet aircraft

    • The introduction of jet aircraft to the airlines began

  • Aeroflot

    • Was the first airline to operate sustained regular jet services

  • NASA

    NASA
    • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    • This mission took mankind to the moon for the first time
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    To modern Era

    In this years a lot technologies had been improved. Now we have better gps and navigation systems for flights. We also had developed new unmmaned aircraft for peronal uses such as drones. And this days the aerospacial companies are looking forward to commercialize the space travel