The history of aviation
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Information sheet:
An overview of significant inventions on the way to modern aviation.
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Text (228.6 kByte)
Last update:
2016-04-15
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This medium is made available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 international license.
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Description:
Some of the important inventions that humans have made and further developed over the course of time before aircraft of the kind we know today evolved are shown along a time line represented by a snake:
• Story of Daedalus and Icarus
• Leonardo da Vinci’s airscrew
• Otto Lilienthal’s glider
• Montgolfier brothers’ balloon
• Wright brothers’ powered airplane
• Jet airplane
Information and ideas:
Suitable as an introduction for further research into the topic of the “history of aviation."
• Story of Daedalus and Icarus
• Leonardo da Vinci’s airscrew
• Otto Lilienthal’s glider
• Montgolfier brothers’ balloon
• Wright brothers’ powered airplane
• Jet airplane
Information and ideas:
Suitable as an introduction for further research into the topic of the “history of aviation."
Related media:
Biplane (Image)
Learning resource type:
Information sheet
Subjects:
Personal, social and health education (PSHE)
Grade levels:
Grade 1 to 4
School types:
Elementary school
Keywords:
Airplane; Flight of birds; Helicopter; History of technology; Hot air balloon
Bibliography:
Siemens Stiftung Media Portal
Author:
MediaHouse GmbH
Rights holder:
© Siemens Stiftung 2016