HISTORY OF AVIATION

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  • LEONARDO DA VINCI begun the Codex of Flight of Birds
    1505

    LEONARDO DA VINCI begun the Codex of Flight of Birds

    In it there is the function of the ornithopter, a machine designed to fly by the flapping of its wings in imitation of birds
  • JOSEPH MICHEL MONTGOLFIER AND JACQUES ETIENNE, filled a large linen bag with hot air

    JOSEPH MICHEL MONTGOLFIER AND JACQUES ETIENNE, filled a large linen bag with hot air

    (FRANCE) The hot air rose, carrying the bag upward, too
    Altitude :1830 m - 1,6 km - Aloft for 10 minutes
  • First large rigid dirigibles

    First large rigid dirigibles

    (Germany) you could go any direction you wished
  • The WRIGHT brothers constructed the Flyer 1

    The WRIGHT brothers constructed the Flyer 1

    With a powered glider. It was the first airplane 260 m in a minute
  • Canada to Ireland, first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic

    Canada to Ireland, first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic

    Two British carried it (John Lock and Arthur Brown)
  • New York to Paris, crossing the Atlantic

    New York to Paris, crossing the Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh ,an American aviator flew all by himself in a plane for 33 hours
  • Brazil to Italy, first non-stop flight across the south Atlantic

    Brazil to Italy, first non-stop flight across the south Atlantic

    Made by Arturo Ferrarin and Carlo Del Prete in less than 50 hours
  • American Jet plane "Bell X-1"

    American Jet plane "Bell X-1"

    broke the sound barrier for the first time
  • The Space-Shuttle was launched

    The Space-Shuttle was launched

    The first reusable space craft
  • Airbus A320, first flight

    Airbus A320, first flight

  • In Sight to Mars

    In Sight to Mars

    Nasa sent the robotic spacecraft