Early Beginnings of Aviation
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Early Beginnings of Aviation
It was unthinkable, crazy, and often deadly. Only a small portion people would ever think about taming the skies above them. I am talking about the early years in aviation. If you ask someone about the first aviators, they will most likely answer that the Wright brothers were the first in the sky. However, the Wright brothers were not in fact the first aviators. There would be many other brave souls that would explore the sky and perish while doing so before them. I will tell you about some of these people and their contributions to aviation as I talk about the beginnings of aviation.
The idea of flight was first recorded by people like Emporer Shun, who would imitate the wing motion of birds with makeshift wings with feathers attached in an attempt to achieve flight. The idea of flight even emerged in Greek mythology. One of the most well known Greek mythological creatures is Pegasus, the flying horse...