History of Flight

By mrm6250
  • Leonardo Da Vinci Blueprints
    Jan 1, 1485

    Leonardo Da Vinci Blueprints

    Leonardo Da Vinci creates blueprints for several man-powered flying machines.

  • The First Hot Air Balloon To Carry a Person

    Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Ètienne create and end up flying in the first human carrying hot air balloon.
  • First Parachute

    First Parachute

    Andre Jaques Garnerin uses the first parachute.
  • The First Airship

    The First Airship

    Henri Giffard made and flew the first powered airship.

  • The First Plane

    The Wright Brothers flew the first airplane at Kitty Hawk.

  • First Rocket

    Robert H. Goddard makes first free flight of a rocket.
  • First Non-Stop Solo Transatlantic Flight

    First Non-Stop Solo Transatlantic Flight

    Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.

  • First Jet

    First fully jet propelled plane is made by the Germans.
  • First Man to Break the Sound Barrier

    First Man to Break the Sound Barrier

    Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in a Bell X1

  • First Man in Space

    Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to go into space.