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1260
roger bacon
Roger bacon , a Franciscan monk in England, suggested that a person would sit in the middle of an "engine for flying,"which would move artificial made to beat the air.wings. -
1500
Leanardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci of Italy drew pans and pictures of human power flight. . these pans included an "ornithpter" that attached to a pilots back and drove two large flaps, and , and a simple helicopter. he also invented the parachute, which enables humans to descend from great heights. -
Montgofier brothers
Brothers Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier of France tested their hot air balloon through an 8-kilometer across Paris. They had discovered that a balloon made of linen bags filled with fire- heated air had enough lift to carry two people.
after many filed experiments and designs, flying machines were finally created that could carry people. -
Sir George Cayley
Sir George cayley in 1853 he made his first glider to carry an adult. -
Otto Lilienthal
Otto Lilienthal of Germany was the first heavier-than-air pilot. From a hill in Germany Otto launched a glider whose flight could be controlled by his weight. -
the Wright brothers
The Wright brothers made the first successful flight.
They built there own 12-horsepower gas engine and propeller and became the first humans to truly fly. And they tested it in north Carolina because of all of the heavy winds. -
Aerial Experiment Association
Aerial Experiment Association included Alexander Graham Bell, John McCurdy and more. Casey Baldwin became the first Canadian pilot in march 1908, flying red wing. John McCurdy made the first powered flight in Canada. -
William Wallace Gibson
The William Wallace Gibson created small model planes that flew, and worked to power a full-sized airplane. -
Aerial Service Company
The Aerial Service Company laid out the first licensed aerodrome in Canada. On April 20, 1920, Groome became the first person to have a registered aircraft in Canada -
aerial photography
The royal Canadian air force started taking Ariel Photography in 1924. -
SAAS
In 1946, the Saskatchewan Air Ambulance Service was founded, the first and only civilian air ambulance service in North America. -
Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager of the United States broke the barrier by flying faster than the speed of sound in a rocket powered x-1 plane -
Smokejumpers
Smokejumpers were first used in Saskatchewan in 1947. these firefighters parachuted into newly discovered fires to stop them from spreading. -
Hugh McPhail
Hugh McPhail was a pioneer flying farmer, having the unique background of being both a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force and an agriculture economist. -
Avro Arrow Saskatchewan contributions
The Avro Arrow was said to be the most advanced airplane of its time. Before it as supposed to take flight it was destroyed. It took about 40 years to re -create the avro arrow.
