The first free (non tethered) human flight took place on November 21, 1783, by science teacher Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, Marquis d’Arlandes. The flight began from the grounds of the Château de la Muette in the western outskirts of Paris. They flew aloft about 3,000 feet (910 m) above Paris for a distance of about 5.6 miles (9 km). After 25 minutes, the balloon landed outside the city ramparts on the Butte-aux-Cailles.

The town's museum has a unique exhibition of flight before the advent of the internal combustion engine and before the manned, powered flight made famous by the Wright Brothers. Stringfellow also invented and patented compact electric batteries, which were used in early medical treatment. Stringfellow's work was featured in an exhibition in 1868 at The Crystal Palace in London.

Stringfellow's first powered flight achievement was referenced in the 1965 movie The Flight of the Phoenix.

1907 Flying Machine.

His 1907 Multiplane, which had 200 individual airfoils and was powered by a 22 hp engine driving a 7 ft propeller achieved a 500 ft flight on 6 April 1907. This was the first flight of its kind in England, although it was preceded by the Wright brothers by several years.

October 4, 1905 – The Wright Brothers flew the Flyer III 24.2 miles in just over 38 minutes.

February 8, 1908 – The United States War Department finalized a contract with Orville and Wilbur Wright to buy one flying machine for $25,000.

May 25, 1910 – The Wright Brothers flew together for the only time ever in Ohio on a short flight.

May 30, 1912 – Wilbur Wright died at the age of 45.

Austria-Hungary blamed Serbia for this and so declared war.
Other countries then joined in. This is when countries from across the world made a pact to help each other in the war.

4. The war was against The Allies and Central Powers.
During the war, countries made a pact to help each other. The two sides were called the Allies and the Central Powers.

Soldiers lived in trenches. These were ditches that they had to dig out of the ground.

The conditions were terrible and many soldiers got ill from living there.

This is where they lived and tried to make advances on the opposition.

The opposition also had their own trenches. The land between the two was called ‘No Man’s Land’.
This is where battles took place. It also had lots of barbed wire and sometimes land mines which were very dangerous.

There were lots of major battles.
A lot of the time, the two sides would fight from across the trenches.

However, there were some major battles during the war.

Some of these were…

The War finished when Germany signed The Armistice.
The war finished when Germany signed something called an Armistice.

This is basically an agreement for peace and to stop the war immediately.

They agreed to do this as they realised they wouldn’t be able to win the war.

This was down to a lot of different things, including the USA turning against them, their Navy was on strike and the opposition had a strong fight.

The Allies won World War 1.

After a long four years at war, The Allies won the war. The Allies were also known as The Entente Powers.

Everyone celebrated in the street when they heard the news.
The Victoria Cross award was given to war heroes.

The Victoria Cross award is awarded to the armed forces.

It is awarded for extreme bravery.

There were 628 awarded during World War 1, so as you can probably tell there were a lot of heroes.

William Hackett won the award for not leaving an injured colleague behind whilst they were on a tunnelling mission.

Noel Chavasse won two medals for his bravery in rescuing soldiers from No Man’s Land.

Remembrance Day is on 11th November each year.
Each year on 11th November it is Remembrance Day.

This is when everyone wears a red poppy.
This is a day where we remember everyone in the armed forces who fought and lost their lives during the war.

These countries also wanted to fight to make sure they kept their territories safe.

Lindbergh's feat gained him immediate, international fame. The press named him "Lucky Lindy" and the "Lone Eagle." Americans and Europeans idolized the shy, slim young man and showered him with honors.

April 20, 1930 – Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow set a speed record flying from Los Angeles to New York in 14 hours and 45 minutes.

Born in the French island of Reunion in 1888, he participated in aviation competitions and airshows and broke the world record of altitude in a powered aeroplane in 1912 (see below). He enrolled in the French army as a fighter pilot at the outbreak of World War I and died after his plane was shot down by the Germans in 1918.