Take Flight in Aviation History Month
Celebrate Aviation History Month by checking out these firsts in flight.
Since man first saw a bird soaring above the treetops, he has dreamed of flying. November celebrates Aviation History Month by remembering the first hot-air balloon flight in 1783. These first successful attempts to defy gravity led the way for future strides in aviation. Aviation Firsts Here are just a few firsts in aviation history. Hot-air balloon flight led to the first parachute jump by André-Jacques Garnerin in 1797 and in 1860, William Black and Samuel Archer King took the first aerial photographs. A German engineer named Paul Haenlein flew the first gas engine powered dirigible in 1872. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin flew the first of his airships in 1900. Orville Wright took that famous first flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in…
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