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1250
Writings about mechanical fligth
Roger Bacon, an english cleric wrote about mechanical flight, gave us the conclusion that the air could support an object in the same way the water resist a boat. -
1420
Designs of a bird able to fly
Giovanni Fontana designed a bird able to fly.
Driven by a rocket among its artificial feathers (plane to reaction in a primitive way). -
1485
Da Vinci`s designs
Leonardo Da Vinci makes a lots of advances in this science -
First design of an apparatus that can fly
Francesco de Lana Terzi made the first known design of an apparatus, it was ligther than air and it had a form of boat -
Descovers about hydrogen property
Henry Cavendish discovered that hydrogen had a property that made it useful in experiments in which heavier-than-air objects were lifted from the ground. -
Application of hot air into paper balloons
Joseph and his brother raised a balloon over the city of Annonay in 1783, giving the first step to the origin of airships -
The next big step
George Cayley, a British engineer considered by his studies to be the father of aerodynamics. He was the first to see the needs for aeronautics' basic principles -
First airplane to be equipped with a steam engine
William Samuel Henson convinced and patented the first airplane to be equipped with a steam engine, propellers and a fixed wing -
Invention of dirigible
Henri Giffard is considered as the inventor of the dirigible -
First glider
Le Bris was the first person to build a glider which was dragged by a horse and made its first flight on the beach of Sainteanne-la-palud in Finisterre achieving a distance of 200 meters at an altitude of 100 meters. -
First fly with an electric engine
Gaston Tissander was the first one who made this -
Brothers Wright start to investigate
The Wright Brothers begin researching and designing an airplane that is heavier than air and can be propelled by its own means. -
Test of a Zeppelin
It managed to transport 5 people on a journey of 6 km in a time of 17 minutes to a altuya of 396 meters with two internal combustion engines and was controlled by bow and stern rudders. -
First fly with engine of history
The Wright Brothers make the first powered flight in history in kitty Hawk aboard the Flyer. -
Frist commercial transport
The first airplanes were used to transport mail -
First airline
In 1919 begins the first airline in the world that currently provides its service is considered the oldest airline. -
First international aviation treaty
The first air transport treaty (the Warsaw Convention) was signed, in which every carrier was obliged to issue an air ticket and a baggage check. -
Transpacific fly
The first transpacifico flight was operated by Pan Am in a clipper which lasted 1 seman with many stopovers and delivering 100,000 mail letters between San Francisco and Manila -
Douglas DC-3
The plane that changed the world. The Douglas DC-3 enters service on Américan Airlines with non-stop flight from New York to Chicago this plane has a cost of 100,000 dollars -
Commercial jet aircraft
The first reaction flight was made by the De havilland Comet which entered service with Boac. This aircraft presented a lot of problem and its later models were improving this stop being in service since 1965. -
Entry into service of the Boeing 747
Boeing 747 enters service the first aircraft with wide fuselage making flights from New York to London made by the airline Pan Am -
The first flight of the concorde
It begins to provide its services the first personal plane this made flights from London to Bahrain and from Paris to Rio de Janeiro this provided its services for 27 years since after it was considered a plane which made a lot of noise and polluted the environment. -
The first transpolar flight
Cathay pacific made the first transpolar flight linking New York and Hong Kong in just 16 hours of travel through the North Pole, this union improved the economy of the United States and its connection with Asia