The Begining of Flying High

Hello peoples today I am going to go over an brief history of how aviation started of as we know it today.The first form of an aircraft was the kite designed in the 5th century B.C. Lawerence Hargrave a British-born Australian inventor created a rigid-wing aircraft with flapping blades operated by a compressed air motor it flew 312 feet (95m) in 1891. Kites played an important role in the development of aviation, they were used to test aerodynamics and flight stability. From 1903 to today, it's amazing how far aviation has come. On December 17, 1903 at 10:35 a.m. the Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur: Orville at the controls) made the first heavier than air machine powered flight which lasted 12 seconds and spanned 120 feet. This was a very successful flight. Yet not all flights were victorious on September 17, their aircraft crashed, injuring Orville and his passenger (Lieutenant Thomas E. Selfridge) Selfridge later died of a concussion and was the first person to be killed in a powered airplane. Yet the show must go on and Wilbur Wright went to France in August 1908, December 31, 1908 he completed a 2 hour 20 minute flight which demonstrated full control over his flyer. After this event the United States Military had purshased the flyer.
Well known in the aviation field Glenn Hammond Curtiss won the first american award the Scientific American Trophy, for an airplane flight when he went on to win the first international speed event at about 47mph, on August 28, 1910. Before World War 1, airplane design greatly improved Pusher biplanes. Pusher biplanes are two-winged airplanes with the engine and propeller in front of the wing. Now this is how aviation came about from a kite floating high, to a plane flying high. So until next time be light, fly high and ball right.