The Societe Aerostatique, was the first aeronautical society, founded in 1852, in the city of Paris, France Continue reading
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Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (Italian: [leoˈnardo di ˌsɛr ˈpjɛːro da (v)ˈvintʃi] ( listen); 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo, was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. Continue reading
London to Paris scheduled passenger airplane service
Aircraft Travel and Transport of London, England, inaugurated London to Paris scheduled passenger airplane service on August 25, 1919.
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Rotary-wing flying vehicle called Da Vinci 3, Flys
We all know Leonardo da Vinci, first conceived of a rotary-wing flying vehicle in the 15th century, called Da Vinci 3, which was to use human power to fly… As far as we know it was only on paper and never been built. well that was until… Continue reading
Leonardo da Vinci, father of the Parachute
We all know who Leonardo da Vinci was, that he was the father of many ideas, and at his time thought to have been crazy… Continue reading
Amelia Earhart
Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Continue reading
Woman to fly a transpacific solo flight from Hawaii to California
Amelia Earhart, an American aviator, was the first woman to make solo Transpacific airplane flight. Continue reading
Robot airplane takes off from Canada on a 26 hour non stop flight…
That’s right on August 21st, 1998, a robotic airplane (Aerosonde) nicknamed “Laima” landed at Benbecula Military Range on an island of South Uist, in Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Continue reading
First Westbound Transatlantic Solo Nonstop flight lands in Canada
On August 18th 1932, an English Pilot by the name James A. Mollison landed at Penne field, New Brunswick, Canada Continue reading
Eppo Numan, Transatlantic flight
Eppo Numan piloted a transatlantic flight on an ultralight airplane. Continue reading