History of Flight
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GlidersHave you ever looked at a bird flying and wished you could fly?
People have always wanted to fly! The problem they had to solve was how they could take something that was heavier than air and make it stay up.
Scientist Leonardo da Vinci drew a ''flying machine,'' but he never built it. It wasn't until 1799 that a realistic plan for an aircraft was made by George Cayley. He's called the ''Father of Aviation'' because he drew plans for a plane with ''fixed wings,'' which meant that they didn't move. Before this, scientists tried to imitate the flight of birds; they made aircraft with wings that flapped up and down!
People have always wanted to fly! The problem they had to solve was how they could take something that was heavier than air and make it stay up.
Scientist Leonardo da Vinci drew a ''flying machine,'' but he never built it. It wasn't until 1799 that a realistic plan for an aircraft was made by George Cayley. He's called the ''Father of Aviation'' because he drew plans for a plane with ''fixed wings,'' which meant that they didn't move. Before this, scientists tried to imitate the flight of birds; they made aircraft with wings that flapped up and down!
Cayley also was the first person to create a working glider, which is a plane that doesn't have an engine; it just glides through the air. He designed many parts for airplanes, but wasn't able to create an airplane that would fly on its own.
A German inventor, Otto Lilienthal, built 16 different kinds of gliders in the 1890s and made over 2,000 glider flights. He's known as the ''Glider King.'' Lilienthal got a lot of publicity in newspapers, and many others became interested in flying because of him.
The word aviation means anything to do with flying in aircraft. This book will take you on the journey we took to get to the skies….and beyond!
A German inventor, Otto Lilienthal, built 16 different kinds of gliders in the 1890s and made over 2,000 glider flights. He's known as the ''Glider King.'' Lilienthal got a lot of publicity in newspapers, and many others became interested in flying because of him.
The word aviation means anything to do with flying in aircraft. This book will take you on the journey we took to get to the skies….and beyond!
Stories about flight have appeared throughout the world for thousands of years. One of the earliest came from the Ancient Greek Myth, Daedalus and Icarus.
Daedalus and Icarus
Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a talented artist. His name was Daedalus. He used his art to make buildings and temples. He was probably the finest architect of his time.
King Minos invited Daedalus to the lovely island of Crete. The king wanted Daedalus to build a maze, a Labyrinth, as a home for the king's beloved pet, the Minotaur. The Minotaur was a horrible monster, with the head of a bull on a human body. The king loved that awful monster and wanted him to have a lovely home.
Daedalus was a bit amazed at the king's choice of pet, but a job was a job. Daedalus planned to make the maze a challenge, so complicated that anyone who entered it would be lost until rescued. That way, the king would be happy, the monster would be contained, and the people would be safe. Daedalus had no doubt he could design such a maze. He really was a fine architect.