Aviation Through the Ages

1250 A.D to 1750 A.D

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I was one of the first to experiment with the science of flying. Unfortunately my writings and sketches weren't discovered until three hundred years after my death.

Leonardo da Vinci spent most of his life exploring flight and left the world about 160 documents of sketches and observations about flight. He made important discoveries about the center of gravity, the center of pressure, and streamlining. But like so many people of his time he was obsessed with learning to fly like a bird. What is the difference between simply gliding and really flying like a bird?

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compass image Gliding Flight and True Flight


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