Before the Wright Brothers
Wright Flyer
Man had always dreamed of flying in the sky like birds, so did the Wright Brothers. As we all know they are responsible for making a machine – the wright flyer - which, what we today know as an aircraft. But before the Wright Brothers made their marvelous invention in 1903, their were several attempts made towards developing a stable, controlled and true “flying machines”.
History tells that many centuries before, attempts were made to fulfill man’s dream of flying. The attempts and progress made are as follows:-
1. In 9th century, a Muslim Berber inventor Abbas Ibn Firnas made an attempt at flight using a set of wings, making it like a glider.
2. In 1783, Pilatre de Rozier of France made an attempt in a free-flying balloon, in which he traveled 9km in 25 minutes.
3. On 1 December 1783 La Charlière piloted by Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert made the first manned hydrogen balloon flight. Continue Reading »
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