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A monk jumps off Malmesbury abbey in London. He trys to glide with some wings that he made it doesn't work he breaks limbs.
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The History of Aviation
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Leonardo Da Vinci was an artist and designer he made lots of planes and even a helicopter. Unfortunately none of them were built but they might have worked and they were definitely a start.
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In Annonay the Montgolfier brothers. They found out hot air rises and they made lots of balloons. Unfortunately they were very vulnerable to fire.
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Sir George cayley made the principles of flight. Weight, lift, drag and thrust.
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After George Cayley made the principles flying people made lots of steam planes and engines
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Samuel Langley achieve an unmanned flight of 1km.
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In North Carolina the Wright Brothers flew into the air using a catapult. They were the first people to be able to turn so they are the first people to fly, (arguably)
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Through from 1914 - 1918. The Red Baron shot down lots of ally planes. Shot down 80 with 2 machine guns. Rene Fonck shot down 75 planes as well but we was against the Germans.
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From 1939 through till 1945 some russian woman called the night witches dropped a sum total of 3000 tons of bombs onto the enemy forces.
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In the USA chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound.
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Albert Crossfield flew a rocket.
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Neil armstrong stood on the moon.
