The history of flight generally begans with the first flight in 1903. Many attemps by thousands of brillant minds tried but as of December 17th 1903 two brothers, the Wright brothers, suceeded. One person to try to fly was George Cayley. In 1835 he launched a coachmen into flight. The only thing it was not powered, it was a glider. Cayley contributed greatly to aeronautics, discovering the forces of lift, drag and thrust. Jonh Stringfellow, sucessfully flew a steam-powered monoplane in 1846. This was considered to be one of the first engine-driven flights. Harium Maxim invented a biplane. Which he launched but was not sucessful.
The Wright brothers had every part of their experiments recorded on photographs. The Wright brothers then persauded an employ from a nearby store to
On August 13, 1929 women's growing role in aviation was in the public's spotlight. One woman espaically, Louise Thaden, who became the first woman to win an all comerws national race, the Bendix Derby. Each contestant was required to carry three days worth of food anda atleast one gallon water. The requirment noted the dangerous conditions. They had no radios to show the way.
Comercial flights range from small airrafts that carry only a few pasengers to huge aircrafts such as Boeing 747's which carry several hundred passengers. The military flys several types of aircrafts such as bombers and helicopters. General aviation is a range of aircrafts from small, light planes to record breaking planes.
Thanks to all of these brave people today we are able to use airplanes frequently. Air
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