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Achivements in Flight
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First hot air balloon
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier of France demonstrated the flight of the world's very first hot air balloon. -
First recorded flight in Canada
This occured in St. John,. -
Study of animal flight
Englishman George Cayley begins to use animal flight as a componenet in human flight development. -
Glider flight control achieved
Otto Lilienthal of Germany finds methods to control glider flight. -
Amelia Earhart's Birthday
The fisrts female pilot in the world was Amelia Earhart. -
First powered plane ever made
The Wright brothers of the U.S.A fly the first plane ever made. -
Marc Garneau is born
Marc Garneau is the first Canadian in space. -
Havilland Comet
This was the world's first jet airliner. -
NASA is founded
NASA is an organization that launches rockets, orbiters and satelites into space. They have discovered many facts because of flight. -
Yuri Gagarin goes to space
Yuri Gagarin of Russia was the first human in space. -
Neil Armstrong reaches the moon
Neil Armsrtong of the United States was the first man to ever walk on the moon. -
Boeing 787
This is the first plane made out of recycled material -
Air traffic
Man will (hopefully) develop cars that fly and they will replace our lame land cars. -
New planes
Man might develop a plane that is large, carries many people and runs on used cooking oil. -
Moon vacations
Man will (hopefully) finally make the moon into a popular tourist attraction.
