Aerospace Engineering finds its roots back to 1799 with Sir George Cayley. He is the one who discovered the four acting principles on objects in flight. They are weight, lift, drag and thrust.
Sir George Cayley
27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857
A drawing done by Cayley
Modern Version of Cayleys Glider
The next major breakthrough came with the invention of the three axis control invented by the Wright Brothers. They had invented this control system prior to attaching it to their plane and knew that it would work. It was clearly successful as most planes use it today
Roll
Pitch
Yaw
On December 17, 1903 the Wright Brothers have successfully flown the first heavier than air airplane. Human flight was once a dream and is now becoming a reality.
![[picture of Orville Wright's famous first airplane flight, 1903]](http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/wrights/photos/1903-flight-wright-airplane.gif)
Orville Wright’s famous first airplane flight
P51- Mustang. Deadly aircraft gave over 250 pilots Aces (5+ kills)
The next big breakthrough was the Space Race!
Sputnik- First Satellite in Space October 4, 1957
The Apollo 11 Rocket that put man on the moon
The Eagle has landed. Americans reach the moon. July 1969
Apollo 11 crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin.
