The Early History of the Airplane — Kollektif

THOUGH the subject of aerial navigation is generally considered new it has occupied the minds of men more or less from the earliest ages Our personal interest in it dates from our childhood days Late in the autumn of 1878 our father came into the house one evening with some object partly concealed in his hands and before we could see what it was he tossed it into the air Instead of falling to the floor as we expected it flew across the room till it struck the ceiling where it fluttered awhile and finally sank to the floor It was a little toy known to scientists as a helicoptere but which we with sublime disregard for science at once dubbed a bat It was a light frame of cork and bamboo covered with paper which formed two screws driven in opposite directions by rubber bands under torsion A toy so delicate lasted only a short time in the hands of small boys but its memory was abiding img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img

THOUGH the subject of aerial navigation is generally considered new it has occupied the minds of men more or less from the earliest ages Our personal interest in it dates from our childhood days Late in the autumn of 1878 our father came into the house one evening with some object partly concealed in his hands and before we could see what it was he tossed it into the air Instead of falling to the floor as we expected it flew across the room till it struck the ceiling where it fluttered awhile and finally sank to the floor It was a little toy known to scientists as a helicoptere but which we with sublime disregard for science at once dubbed a bat It was a light frame of cork and bamboo covered with paper which formed two screws driven in opposite directions by rubber bands under torsion A toy so delicate lasted only a short time in the hands of small boys but its memory was abiding