PIONEERS OF FLIGHT

PIONEERS OF FLIGHT

    In the earliest efforts to fly, people tried to copy birds. But their arms were not strong enough to flap wings. Next came balloons, but they drifted with the wind. Gliders, too, needed the right kind of wind. Orville wright made the first successful flight in a motor powered airplane, in 1903. afterv that, airplanes developed fast. In 1919 captain jhon alcock and lieutenant Arthur whitten brown made the first non-stop flight across the atlantic, in 16 hours. Today, concorde flies the same distance in three hours.

FIRST IN EUROPE

The brazilian inventor alberto santos-dumont(1873-1932) built an airship full of hydrogen, which he flew around the Eiffel tower in paris, france . In 1903 he became interested in airplanes. Three years later he made europe’s first airplane flight, in a plane based on a box-kite, built out of canvas and bamboo, called 14bis.

         

THE FIRST BALLOONISTS

In 1783 a hot- air ballon built by French brothers joseph and Jacques montgolfier took off from Versailles, france. The ballon was carrying two men and traveled 8km(5 miles). This was the first ever manned flight.

PIONEER AVIATION

The American pilot Amelia earhart(1898-1937) was the first woman to fly across the atlantic ocean, first as a passenger, then as a solo pilot in 1932. in 1937 she tried to fly around the world but was lost over the pacific ocean.

AMAZING FACTS

When  charles Lindbergh made his record-breaking transatlantic flight, he was unable to see straight ahead because  extra fuel tanks blocked his view

MORE GREAT PIONEERS OF FLIGHT

 SIR GEORGE CAYLEY(1773-1857)

In 1853, this English inventor designed the first glider to carry a man.

THE WRIGHT BROTHERS

The Americans orville(1871-1948) and Wilbur(1867-1912) wright built flyer, the first working airplane, in 1903.

CHARLES LINDBERGH(1902-74)

The first non-stop solo flight across the atlantic, in 1927, was made by u.s. pilot Lindbergh