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May 3, 1260
roger bacon
a franciscan monk in england suggested that a human could fly "engine for flying" -
Period: Dec 17, 1260 to
fight then to now
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May 3, 1500
leonardo da vinci
loenardo da vinci drew plans for the first plane -
the first air balloon
brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier figures out that an air balloon had enough to lift 2 people -
modern aviation(pioneer)
sir George cayley of England studied animal flight and designed the first monoplane that could hold one small boy and later models could hold a man -
Issues
most people where trying to build planes and not trying to learn how to fly them. -
the first succesfull plane
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chuck yeager
chuck was the first flyer to break the sound barrier