HISTORY OF AVIATION

By jesuschild
  • 1505

    LEONARDO DA VINCI begun the Codex of Flight of Birds

    LEONARDO DA VINCI begun the Codex of Flight of Birds
    In it there is the function of the ornithopter, a machine designed to fly by the flapping of its wings in imitation of birds

  • JOSEPH MICHEL MONTGOLFIER AND JACQUES ETIENNE, filled a large linen bag with hot air

    JOSEPH MICHEL MONTGOLFIER AND JACQUES ETIENNE, filled a large linen bag with hot air
    (FRANCE) The hot air rose, carrying the bag upward, too
    Altitude :1830 m - 1,6 km - Aloft for 10 minutes

  • First large rigid dirigibles

    First large rigid dirigibles
    (Germany) you could go any direction you wished

  • The WRIGHT brothers constructed the Flyer 1

    The WRIGHT brothers constructed the Flyer 1
    With a powered glider. It was the first airplane 260 m in a minute

  • Canada to Ireland, first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic

    Canada to Ireland, first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic
    Two British carried it (John Lock and Arthur Brown)

  • New York to Paris, crossing the Atlantic

    New York to Paris, crossing the Atlantic
    Charles Lindbergh ,an American aviator flew all by himself in a plane for 33 hours

  • Brazil to Italy, first non-stop flight across the south Atlantic

    Brazil to Italy, first non-stop flight across the south Atlantic
    Made by Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Prete in less than 50 hours

  • American Jet plane "Bell X-1"

    American Jet plane "Bell X-1"
    broke the sound barrier for the first time

  • The Space-Shuttle was launched

    The Space-Shuttle was launched
    The first reusable space craft

  • Airbus A320, first flight

    Airbus A320, first flight

  • In Sight to Mars

    In Sight to Mars
    Nasa sent the robotic spacecraft