Short Aviation History

Aviation from the beginning until now.

The humans always wanted to fly. 

Many of us tried and failed. 

But a lucky few succeeded.

Leonardo da Vinci 

He was a Italian polymath who had so many interest. 

One of them was flying. 

So he developed several flying machines.

   

The "Helical Air Screw" or simply the "airscrew",

the device was designed to compress air to obtain flight – similar to today’s helicopters. 

The "flying machine" or simply the "ornithopter", ca. 1485,

The design for this invention is clearly inspired by the flight of winged animals, which 

da Vinci hoped to replicate. In fact, in his notes, he mentions bats, kites and birds as sources of inspiration.

Wright Brothers

  

Orville and Wilbur Wright in 1905

 Two American brothers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.

The Wright Flyer I

The plane flew about 12 seconds over 120 ft.

Sins that day the evolution of aviation never stopped. Until this day new technology is gives us modern planes for military and civil use.

Boeing 787 Dreamliner

 is a long range, mid size wide body, twin engine jet airliner developed by 

Boeing Commercial Airplanes.

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

The F-35 took its first flight on 15 December 2006.

It's the fifth generation combat aircraft. It is designed to perform ground attack,

aerial reconnaissance and air defense missions.

The evolution never stops ...

General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

The drone era ...