History of flight

Leonardo Da Vinci Ornithopter

Mar 3, 1485

Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's

History of Flight

Period: Mar 3, 1485 to Mar 3, 2015

Hot Air Balloon

Mar 3, 1783

Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, invented the first hot air balloon.

Glider

Mar 3, 1850

George Cayley worked on many designs that used human muscles, but then he had an idea to just glide on air not to go up just to move.

Glider

Mar 3, 1891

German engineer, Otto Lilienthal, studied aerodynamics and worked to design a glider that would fly. He was killed when the wind went too high and dropped him.

AeroDrome

Mar 3, 1891

Samuel Langley was an astronomer, who realized that power was needed to help man fly

Airplane

Mar 3, 1903

The airplane was invented by Orville and Wilbur wright. They got the idea for the designs from Octave Chanute.