The history of flight

The History of Flight

By AntBlau
  • 1000 BCE

    The Invention of Kites

    The Invention of Kites
    The first kites ever are invented in China.
  • 852 BCE

    An English King Attempts to fly

    An English King Attempts to fly
    Apparently, the English King, Bladud, is killed when he attempted to fly.
  • 1485

    Early Ideas About Flying Machines

    Early Ideas About Flying Machines
    Leonardo da Vinci designs flying machines (early planes) Robert Hooke figured out that human flight would require some form of artificial propulsion, which propelled the idea of manned flight.

  • The First Hot Air Balloon

    The First Hot Air Balloon
    The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was on 21 November 1783 in Paris, France in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.

  • The Biplane Design

    The Biplane Design
    George Cayley’s biplane design is published and becomes famous worldwide.

  • The Wright Brothers

    The Wright Brothers
    The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur Wright, make the first recorded powered, sustained and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine.

  • The Invention of the Jet Engine

    The Invention of the Jet Engine
    A famous, British inventor, Frank Whittle, invents the jet engine.

  • Amelia Earhart's and Lindbergh's Flying Records

    Amelia Earhart's and Lindbergh's Flying Records
    Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight after Lindbergh.

  • A Record for Flights Around the World

    A Record for Flights Around the World
    Jean Batten, a New Zealander, breaks a flight record for making flights around the world.

  • The Hindenburg Disaster

    The Hindenburg Disaster
    The German passenger airship LZ 129 Hindenburg (a zeppelin) caught fire and was destroyed during its attempt to dock with its mooring mast at Naval Air Station Lakehurst.

  • Flight Breaking the Sound Barrier

    Flight Breaking the Sound Barrier
    The Douglas DC-8 (broke the sound barrier) and the Boeing 707 have been used by commercial carriers for three years. In 1947, Chuck Yeager was the first person to ever go supersonic.

  • Current Flight

    Current Flight
    The International Space Station (ISS) is a multi-nation construction project that is the largest single structure humans ever put into space. As the ISS orbits the Earth it is essentially in a state of free fall, counteracting the Earth's gravity and providing an ideal platform for science in space.

  • Reference (APA Style)

    Reference (APA Style)
    People in flight history. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/305-people-in-flight-history

  • Reference (APA Style)

    Reference (APA Style)
    History of Flight. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/historyofflight.html

  • Reference (APA Style)

    Reference (APA Style)
    Boyne, W. J., Bilstein, R. E., & Crouch, T. D. (2018, December 3). History of flight. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/technology/history-of-flight