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Technology Advances of Flight Timeline

  • Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon

    Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon
    Its invetnion helped lead to the airplane.
    It is a fire hazard and if it pops , you can die.
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    George Cayley

    He designed many different versions of gliders that used the movements of the body to control.
    It would be easy to lose control and die.
  • Otto Lilienthal

    Otto Lilienthal
    He was the first person to design a glider that could fly a person and was able to fly long distances.
    Otto died in his glider which proved it was unsafe.
  • Orville and Wilbur Wright and the First Airplane

    Orville and Wilbur Wright and the First Airplane
    It was the very first air plane which is very incredible.
    It was bad because it lets out pollution.
  • Airmail is created

    Airmail is created
    It is a faster way to get mail to its destination.
    The bad side is using the plane causes more pollution to go in the air.
  • Boeing-first passenger plane - 247 Plane

    Boeing-first passenger plane - 247 Plane
    The plane could carry 10 people.
    It is good becasue it allowed more people to travel by plane.
    It puts more pollution into the air.
  • The first radars are developed

    The first radars are developed
    These radars could detect planes from close or far.
    It was bad in war because it detects planes when they don't want to be detected.
  • Boeing- the first larger passenger jet - 747 Plane

    Boeing- the first larger passenger jet - 747 Plane
    More people could be on a plane at one time.
    Diseases could be spread easier on planes.