History Magazine Nr.5 History of airplanes in pictures

The dream of flying is as old as mankind itself



1490 Leonardo DaVincis plan for a man-carrying ornithopter with flapping wings.



1783 Montgolfier hot-air balloon



1799 Sir George Cayleys plan for a fixed-wing aircraft



1843 Aerial Steam Carriage, conceived by William Henson, was the first aircraft design to show propellers.



1874 Felix du Temple made the first attempt at manned flight in a powered aircraft. He was not successful



1875 Thomas Moys Tandem-Wing Monoplane Aerial Steamer



1879 Flying Tatins airplane



1887 Aircraft Mozhaisky



1891 Lilienthal tested biplane versions of his gliders and found them remarkably stable but more difficult to navigate.



1895 Pilcher Beetle glider



1896 Chanute Katydid



1897 Clement Ader Airplane III



1901 Wright glider on end with Orville Wright



1905  Wright Flyer III was the first practical aircraft, capable of sustained flight and navigation.



1910 Maxims  biplane was perhaps half the size of his test rig, but it was still an extremely large airplane for its time.



1910 The Dunne flying wing, built and tested by the British in 1910, was the first top secret aircraft

To Be Continued...