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History of flights

History of flights. By Bala M.Dhareneni. China…. The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying. Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies.

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History of flights

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  1. History of flights By BalaM.Dhareneni

  2. China….. • The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying. • Kites were used by the Chinese in religious ceremonies. • Kites have been important to the invention of flight as they were the forerunner to balloons and gliders. • Humans try to fly like birds

  3. Aeolipile……..ancient greek engineer • Aeoplipilemounted a sphere on top of a water kettle. A fire below the kettle turned the water into steam, and the gas traveled through pipes to the sphere. • Two L-shaped tubes on opposite sides of the sphere allowed the gas to escape, which gave a thrust to the sphere that caused it to rotate

  4. Leonardo da Vinci • Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's. He had over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight

  5. 1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon

  6. 19th And 20th Century Efforts…..

  7. Wright brothers….. • The "Flyer" lifted from level ground to the north of Big Kill Devil Hill, at 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903. Orville piloted the plane which weighed six hundred and five pounds.

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