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Learning
To fly:
The beginnings
First efforts
• Chinese invented kites in 500bc
• Gun powder invented
in 900ad
• Rockets invented in 1100ad
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)
Montgolfier Brothers - Balloons
• 1783 – First balloon with rooster, duck and sheep
• Nov 21, 1783 – First human flight (25 minutes)
• Jan 9, 1793 – First balloon flight in US
• Civil War – First military use of balloons
Montgolfier Balloon Charles Balloon