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Every minute. Every day. missoulian.com Teachers A teachers aid for the World of Wonder page is available at missoula.com/wonder/teachersguide.pdf. Proud partner in Community Education Presents At a bookstore near you: Two full-color World of Wonder compilations: “Plants & Animals” and “People & Places.” For more information, please visit QuillDriverBooks.com or call 800-605-7176 LEARN MORE ABOUT AVIATION IN THE NEXT THREE INSTALLMENTS OF WORLD OF WONDER © 2012 Triefeldt Studios, Inc. Distributed by Universal Uclick for UFS This is the first of a four-part series on the history of airplanes, the pilots who flew them and the people who built them. Collect all four pages and make a giant poster. SOURCES: World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Inc.; Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier; The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, Barnes & Noble Books; Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Jane's; www.greatachievements.org; www.pbs.org Wishful thinking Watching a graceful raptor soar- ing in the wind probably inspired many of the earliest humans to wish they could fly, too. To experi- ence a bird's-eye view of the world was once a thing of fantasy. But dreams have a way of opening doors to reality. What was just a foolish wish for thousands of years is now an everyday event. Early attempts Greek myth describes a father and son, Daedalus and Icarus, who used wings of feathers and wax to escape prison. The boy, Icarus, flew too close to the sun, and his wings melted. The Greek scholar Archytas built a mechanical flying pigeon. Unfor- tunately, we do not know what it looked like or precisely how it worked. The first kite may have been made by the Chinese philoso- pher Mo Tzu. Early Chinese kites were used by the military and for communication. Sir George Cay- ley is considered by many to be the father of aeronautics. He built many flying models, and in 1853 he built a large glider that flew with his coachman aboard. According to legend, the coachman refused to fly again, saying, “I was hired to drive, not to fly.” Otto Lilienthal improved on Cayley’s ideas and designs and constructed glid- ers from strips of willow and canvas. After thousands of successful flights, he lost his life in a crash. Trim here and attach to Page Two in the Airplane series. The dreamers (400 B.C. - A.D. 1895) The mythical Icarus fell to his death when he flew too close to the sun. Archytas (428 B.C. - 350 B.C.) The pioneers (1896-1909) Making improvements (1910-1913) 1891-96, Otto Lilienthal This German built a series of piloted gliders. 1500, Leonardo da Vinci 1903, Wright brothers plane The first sustained and controlled, heavier- than-air powered flight. The Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio, traveled to Kitty Hawk, N.C., to test their plane. 1853, George Cayley 1783, Montgolfier balloon The first practical hot-air balloon flew a 25-minute manned flight with a distance of 6 miles (10 km). Sir George Cayley (1773 - 1857) 300 B.C., Chinese kite AVIATION Otto Lilienthal (1848 - 1896) A.D. 1060, Eilmer This Benedictine monk broke his arms and legs when he tried to fly from the top of a mon- astery tower. 1896, Langley Aerodrome No. 6 Samuel Pierpont Langley built crafts powered by steam and others by a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine. 1909, Blériot The Frenchman Louis Blériot be- came famous for his flight over the English Channel. 1911, Curtiss seaplane Glenn Curtiss built the first practi- cal seaplane and the first plane to take off from and land on a ship. 1907, Voisin-Farman This European pusher biplane had a propeller in the back. 1912, Avro 504 About 10,000 of these planes were made. They were used for military training and bombing. Deperdussin 1913 Racer Louis Bechereau and Andre Herbemont designed this stron- ger and faster aircraft. 1912, Blackburn Mercury or the Type D Monoplane One of these English planes is still flown today in historical displays. 1911-13 The “Mars” biplane of 1911 set several long- distance records for passenger flight in 1913. As airplanes rapidly improved, hundreds of pilots from around the world competed in speed and distance air races. The invention of the gyrostabilizer in 1914 resulted in better control of the aircraft. 1911, Grahame-White biplane Claude Grahame-White opened the first flying school in Britain. He was the first pilot to carry mail and to fly at night. 1907, Cornu helicopter The first manned craft to rise from the ground using rotor blades instead of wings. Orville Wright (1871-1948) Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)
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missoulian.comTeachersA teachers aid for the World of Wonder page is available at missoula.com/wonder/teachersguide.pdf.
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Proud partner in Community Education
Presents
Presents
Proud partner inCommunity Education
At a bookstore near you: Two full-color World of Wonder compilations: “Plants & Animals” and “People & Places.” For more information, please visit QuillDriverBooks.com or call 800-605-7176
LEARN MORE ABOUT AVIATION IN THE NEXT THREE INSTALLMENTS OF WORLD OF WONDER © 2012 Triefeldt Studios, Inc.Distributed by Universal Uclick for UFS
This is the first of a four-part series on the history of airplanes, the pilots who flew them and the
people who built them. Collect all four pages and make a giant poster.
SOURCES: World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Inc.; Encyclopedia Americana, Grolier; The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, Barnes & Noble Books; Jane's All the World's Aircraft, Jane's; www.greatachievements.org; www.pbs.org
Wishful thinkingWatching a graceful raptor soar-ing in the wind probably inspired many of the earliest humans to wish they could fly, too. To experi-ence a bird's-eye view of the world was once a thing of fantasy. But dreams have a way of opening doors to reality. What was just a foolish wish for thousands of years is now an everyday event.
Early attemptsGreek myth describes a father and son, Daedalus and Icarus, who used wings of feathers and wax to escape prison. The boy, Icarus, flew too close to the sun, and his wings melted. The Greek scholar Archytas built a mechanical flying pigeon. Unfor-tunately, we do not know what it looked like or precisely how it worked.The first kite may have been made by the Chinese philoso-pher Mo Tzu. Early Chinese kites were used by the military and for
communication.Sir George Cay-ley is considered by many to be the father of aeronautics. He built many
flying models, and in 1853 he built a large glider that flew with his coachman aboard. According
to legend, the coachman refused to fly again, saying, “I was hired to drive, not to fly.”Otto Lilienthal improved on Cayley’s ideas and designs and constructed glid-ers from strips of willow and canvas. After thousands of successful flights, he lost his life in a crash.
Trim here and attach to Page Two in the Airplane series.
The dreamers (400 B.C. - A.D. 1895) The mythical Icarus fell to his death when he flew too close to the sun.
Archytas (428 B.C. - 350 B.C.)
The pioneers (1896-1909)
Making improvements (1910-1913)
1891-96, Otto LilienthalThis German built a series of piloted gliders.
1500, Leonardo da Vinci
1903, Wright brothers plane The first sustained and controlled, heavier-than-air powered flight.
The Wright brothers of Dayton, Ohio, traveled to Kitty Hawk, N.C., to test
their plane.
1853, George Cayley
1783, Montgolfier balloon The first practical hot-air balloon flew a 25-minute manned flight with a distance of 6 miles (10 km).
Sir George Cayley (1773 - 1857)
300 B.C., Chinese kite
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Otto Lilienthal
(1848 - 1896)
A.D. 1060, Eilmer This Benedictine monk broke his arms and legs when he tried to fly from the top of a mon-astery tower.
1896, Langley Aerodrome No. 6 Samuel Pierpont Langley built crafts powered by steam and others by a gasoline-powered internal-combustion engine.
1909, Blériot The Frenchman Louis Blériot be-came famous for his flight over the English Channel.
1911, Curtiss seaplane Glenn Curtiss built the first practi-cal seaplane and the first plane to take off from and land on a ship.
1907, Voisin-FarmanThis European pusher biplane had a propeller in the back.
1912, Avro 504 About 10,000 of these planes were made. They were used for military training and bombing.
Deperdussin 1913 Racer Louis Bechereau and Andre Herbemont designed this stron-ger and faster aircraft.
1912, Blackburn Mercury or the Type D Monoplane One of these English planes is still flown today in historical displays.
1911-13 The “Mars” biplane of 1911 set several long- distance records for passenger flight in 1913.
As airplanes rapidly improved, hundreds of pilots from around the world competed in speed and distance air races. The invention of the gyrostabilizer in 1914 resulted in better control of the aircraft.
1911, Grahame-White biplane Claude Grahame-White opened the first flying school in Britain. He was the first pilot to carry mail and to fly at night.
1907, Cornu helicopter The first manned craft to rise from the ground using rotor blades instead of wings.
Orville Wright
(1871-1948)
Wilbur Wright
(1867-1912)
