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Jan 1, 1519
leonardo da vinci
-Created over 100 designs for flying machines-Wrote codex on flight of birds
-No designs were ever built during his time-
Present testing proves some may have worked
-Helicopter based on da Vinci's Ornothopter design -
Henry cavendish
-Discovered hydrogen
-No intentional contribution
-Hydrogen later used in blimps -
montgolfier brothers
-Invented the hot air balloonInspiration came from smoke and ash rising from fire
-First public viewed flight June 4th 1783First manned flight
-November 21st 1783First human pilots of an untethered flight -
george cayley
-“first true scientific aerial investigator and the first person to
understand the underlying principles and forces of flight”-1799- introduced airplane concept for a fixed wing flying machine-included different systems for lift propulsion and control-Referred to as the father of aerodynamics-Designed the first successful glider to carry a man through the air -
john stringfellow
-Created the first ever powered airplane
-10ft long and steam powered
-Flown in 1848 inside a abandoned factory -
otto lilienthal
-Referred to as the father of flight
-Famous for his repeated, documented, and successful gliding attempts
-While making a gliding attempt he fell 50ft to his death
-Gave people the idea that flight was a very possible idea -
wright brothers
-created the first powered airplane-Used three axis control which is currently standard on fixed-wing aircraft of all kinds-Used a homemade wind tunnel to create their design for the airplane
-Created the engine used in the plane in their bike shop
-First flight december 17th 1903-Clocked at 27mph and 200 ft distance at 10 ft altitude -
frank whittle
-Created the first turbojet engine-1930 had concept patented-Lost patent in 1935 due to 5 pound renewal fee-rival company appeared to be about to beat whittle
-Threw together a engine using spare parts-May 15th 1941 first successful flight -
de havilland
-Created first commercial airliner
-Named “comet”-Built in the U.K.
-Square windows caused cracks in the fuselage
-This defect caused it to lose its reputation as soon as Boeing
came out with their first airliner
-Also created the fighter jets known as spitfire and mosquito plus others -
sputnik 1
-First artificial earth satellite
-Provided many scientific discoveries regarding atmosphere
-Triggered the space age causing the space race and then the cold war
-Launched Oct. 4 1957
-Spent 3 months in space before falling back to earth
-Travelled 70000000 km -
apollo 11
-First spacecraft to land man on the moon
-Launched july 16 1969
-Landed on the moon july 20th 1969
-Returned july 24th 1969
-Huge accomplishment for mankind
-The crew took a piece of the wright brothers plane up with them