When asked about the history of aviation, most people go straight to the Wright Brothers and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. December 17, 1903 was their day and a day to remember. On that day, Orville won the coin toss and he then made the first successful powered flight in recorded history. On this fateful day, the Wright Brothers' dream of inventing a flying machine that worked had finally come true.
Prior to this was Leonardo da Vinci, who lived from 1452 to 1519 and had invented several separate flying machines. He, however, never publicly recorded any prototypes or test flights. Leonardo’s machines included the ornithopter flying machine, the 1488 design for flying machine, design for flying machine 2 and other flight inspired crafts. Some of these designs have been built by mechanical engineers and other enthusiasts, to the recorded scales and while some have proven successful in flight they are not always practical or safe.
In the United State, the first scheduled commercial airline flight was on January 1st, 1914 specifically booked for the St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line. The travel time was 23-minute in flight.
If you consider the broad scale and scope of the world, you must consider, a person sitting in a mud hut in Africa could just as easily conceptualize the next great accomplishment in aviation from simply observing nature and applying it to science and technology.
The first flight steward, Heinrich Kubis of Germany's started his steward’s position in 1912. Specifications for female hostesses or stewardesses read similarly to this: "The girls who qualify for hostesses must be petite, weighing 100 to 118 pounds, a recommended height range of five ft to five ft four in, between 20 and 26 years of age.”
Whether you count the conceptual drawings of da Vinci, or the propelled flight of the Wright Brothers as the beginning of avionic history, it’s all relevant and pertinent to our advancements of today.
Prior to this was Leonardo da Vinci, who lived from 1452 to 1519 and had invented several separate flying machines. He, however, never publicly recorded any prototypes or test flights. Leonardo’s machines included the ornithopter flying machine, the 1488 design for flying machine, design for flying machine 2 and other flight inspired crafts. Some of these designs have been built by mechanical engineers and other enthusiasts, to the recorded scales and while some have proven successful in flight they are not always practical or safe.
In the United State, the first scheduled commercial airline flight was on January 1st, 1914 specifically booked for the St. Petersburg - Tampa Airboat Line. The travel time was 23-minute in flight.
If you consider the broad scale and scope of the world, you must consider, a person sitting in a mud hut in Africa could just as easily conceptualize the next great accomplishment in aviation from simply observing nature and applying it to science and technology.
The first flight steward, Heinrich Kubis of Germany's started his steward’s position in 1912. Specifications for female hostesses or stewardesses read similarly to this: "The girls who qualify for hostesses must be petite, weighing 100 to 118 pounds, a recommended height range of five ft to five ft four in, between 20 and 26 years of age.”
Whether you count the conceptual drawings of da Vinci, or the propelled flight of the Wright Brothers as the beginning of avionic history, it’s all relevant and pertinent to our advancements of today.
