history of flight for our course, we will define flight as meeting the following characteristics:...
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Historyof
Flight
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• For our course, we will define flight as meeting the following characteristics:
–The act, manner, or power of flying or moving through space above the ground and/or water
–Act must be controlled–Flying device must be intended to
return to the ground safely and be able to be used repeatedly
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First “known” flights• Icarus– Ancient Greek mythology– Icarus and his father
Daedalus were imprisoned on the island of Crete
– Minotaur guarded cell
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• Daedalus was an talented craftsman– Build 2 sets of wings for he
and Icarus to escape the prison by flying
– Wings made of wood frame with wax and feathers
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• What did Daedalus warn Icarus of before they took off?
“Do not fly too close to the sun
or too close to the sea.”
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“Do not fly too close to the sun or
too close to the sea.”
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• Too close to the sea……the feathers would get wet and become too heavy to work
• Too close to the sun……wax melted and the feathers fell off
Icarus fell into the sea below and drowned
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• The oldest recorded flying objects were….– …..kites!
– Originated in Ancient China– The earliest recorded flying kite
was in 200 B.C.E.
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First Successful Human Flight (maybe)
• 559 C.E.• Chinese Prince Yuan Huangtou– Imprisoned for using a puppet to impersonate the
Emperor
– Escapes by tying himself to a kite and flying out of prison
– (there are no records of this- so we are not sure if the story is 100% true)