HIST115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium, Frank Whittle, Cellulose
21 Jan 2016
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Lecture 12: dream of flight: early flight and first airplnanes, turbojet revolution, high speed and sound barrier crises, the worst airplanes. Standard answer is the wright brothers incorrect. 500"s af chinese experiment with manned kites. 550 ad prisoner yuan huangtou (son of an overthrown emperor) Point: the chinese were the first to fly. He was very religious and loved god and wanted to get close to him, therefore he built a set of wings to fly he jumped from a tower of malmesbury abbey (was not successful because the. June 4, 1783 first full scale hot air balloon in europe. Hot air balloons were most likely invented by the chinese. November 21, 1783 first manned flight (there was not enough fire to keep the balloon going balloon would cool down and just drop down and peasants destroyed them because they thought these were devils) First ever manned powered flight was not invented by the wright brothers.
