History of Flight

By aweaver
  • 428 BCE

    First Rocket

    First Rocket
    Greek Engineer Archytas used steam to rotate a sphere.
  • 400 BCE

    Kites

    Kites
    Discovery of the Kite - People began to think of flying

  • First Hot Air Balloon to Carry Passengers

    First Hot Air Balloon to Carry Passengers
    First Hot Air Ballon Flight to carry passengers. Hot Air Balloon designed by the French brothers Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier.

  • First Glider Designed To Fly

    First Glider Designed To Fly
    Otto Lilienthal, studied aerodynamics and worked to design a glider that would fly. He was the first person to design a glider that could fly a person and was able to fly long distances.

  • First Airplane

    First Airplane
    Orville and Wilbur Wright The "Flyer" lifted from level ground to the north of Big Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina.

  • First Solo Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean

    First Solo Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean
    Charles Lindbergh became famous for making the first solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

  • German V-2 Rocket

    German V-2 Rocket
    World's first long-range guided ballistic missile

  • First Super Sonic Flight

    First Super Sonic Flight
    U.S. Air Force Pilot Chuck Yeager flew faster than the speed of sound. Airplanes could now travel farther and faster than ever before, allowing even greater developments to be accomplished.