The first attempted mechanical, heavier-than-air flight was in the early 1800s. At the time of the flight, the technology had been in the works for over a century, and it would be almost another one hundred years before a successful manned flight.
March 17,1937
hot air balloon.
Jacques Alexandre Charles first attempted to use hydrogen as a replacement for hot air in hot air balloons in 1783. This led to the first manned flight using hydrogen gas in December of the same year.
she disappeared in 1937 somewhere in the South Pacific, near the end of an attempted round-the-world flight.
Jerry Shelby is a Mechanical Engineer at NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center. Jerry Shelby is a Mechanical Engineer at NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center.
To be the first woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean. To reach an altitude of 14000 feet ( I think she was the first woman) And of course her very famous trip (although she did not survive it) the attempted flight across the world.
Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight ·
Amelia Earhart began her flight in the town of Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, Canada. She landed in the town of Derry, Ireland. She was planning on landing in Paris, but had several mechanical issues that prevented her from hitting that goal.
David Bushnell was the first mechanical engineer in the world.
kinda
who invented the first mechanical digital calculator
Orville Wright flew the first flight.