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Feb 1, 1260
roger bacon
roger bacon a Franciscan monk in England,suggested that a person could sit in the middle of an ''engine for flying''which would move artificial wings made to beat air. -
Feb 1, 1500
Leonardo da vinci
of Italy drew plans and pictures of human powered flight.these plans included an ''ornithoptor''that attached to a pilots back and drove two large flaps,and a simple helicopter.he also invented the parachute,which enables humans to descend from great heights -
Montgofier brothers
the Montgofier brothers of France tested their hot air balloons through an 8-km flight across paris.they had discovered that a balloon made of line bags filed with fire heated air had enough lift to carry 2 people. -
Sir George Cayley
a pioneer of modern aviation,sir george cayley od England studied animal flight and designed a monoplanes glider to carry humans.as a child,cayley built and flew model gliders.44 years later he built a model big enough to carry a small boy several meters above the ground. -
Otto Lilienthal
most of the aviators at this time were concerned only with building flying machines and not about learning to fly them. Otto of Germany was the first heavier than air pilot. -
Wright brothers
on December 17 1903 the american wright flyer made the first successful powered flight.the wright brothers built their own 12 horse power gas engine and propeller. -
the aerial experiment
the aerial experiment association included Alexander graham bell,john mcurdy,casey Baldwin,and american motorcycle designer,this group of inventors was important to Canadian aviation history.,casey Baldwin became the first Canadian pilot in march 1908 -
William Wallace Gibson
William Wallace Gibson created a small model planes that flew,and worked on an engine to the first Canadian aircraft. -
Aerial Service Company
Aerial Service Company 1919 and laid out the first licensed aerodrome in Canada. -
aerial photography
over time people in Saskatchewan came up with new uses for airplane and flight.the royal Canadian air force started taking aerial photographs. -
SAAS
in 1946 the Saskatchewan air ambulance services was found. -
chuck Yeager
chuck of the united states broke the sound barrier by flying faster than speed of sound in the rocket-powered -
Smokejumpers
these firefighters parachuted into newly discovered fires to stop them form spreading. -
avro arrow
avro arrow,designed in Canada in the 1950s,was said to be the most advanced airplane of its time. -
Hugh McPhail
Hugh McPhail was a pioneer flying farm,having the unique background of being both a bomber pilot in the royal air force
