Ever since he first saw birds, man has been possessed with an overwhelming desire to fly. He determined that he would accomplish this goal regardless of how long it took. As a result of that tenacity to accomplish flight, we have the aircraft and technology we have today because of this passion for flight.
Countless stories have been written on flight, one of the most famous ones being of Daedalus and his son, Icarus1. In this story, Daedalus and his son have completed the Labyrinth for King Minos, which was involved in the story of Theseus. Daedalus and Icarus were locked up in a tower with no way down on the completion of the Labyrinth, because King Minos wanted no man to know how to get in or out. Daedalus had to collect the feathers of birds to make artificial wings for himself and his son. In the story Daedalos escapes, but Icarus dies, because he doesn't listen and flies too close to the sun which melts the wax holding the feathers in place.
Man has also associated flying in myths with gods like Apollo, who was responsible for the sun moving across the sky. Zeus was the god of the air, and he controlled flight. In Indian legend, there was a teepee at the end of the world
Christopher Lee, 2
where the Sun, and Moon, the Sun"s wife, lived and took turns walking across the …show more content…
He is given the moniker, "The Father of Modern Aeronautics". He wrote a book called Prodromo, and in that book he included a chapter on flying. He conceptualized a flying ship with giant balloons attached where the mast were on the ship. He was closer to the designs of the hot air balloon and dirigibles than actual airplanes, but he foresaw the weaponization of aircraft. He wrote, "God will never allow that such a machine be built"because everybody realises that no city would be safe from raids"iron weights, fireballs and bombs could be hurled from a great height.3" Little did he know that he was
Countless stories have been written on flight, one of the most famous ones being of Daedalus and his son, Icarus1. In this story, Daedalus and his son have completed the Labyrinth for King Minos, which was involved in the story of Theseus. Daedalus and Icarus were locked up in a tower with no way down on the completion of the Labyrinth, because King Minos wanted no man to know how to get in or out. Daedalus had to collect the feathers of birds to make artificial wings for himself and his son. In the story Daedalos escapes, but Icarus dies, because he doesn't listen and flies too close to the sun which melts the wax holding the feathers in place.
Man has also associated flying in myths with gods like Apollo, who was responsible for the sun moving across the sky. Zeus was the god of the air, and he controlled flight. In Indian legend, there was a teepee at the end of the world
Christopher Lee, 2
where the Sun, and Moon, the Sun"s wife, lived and took turns walking across the …show more content…
He is given the moniker, "The Father of Modern Aeronautics". He wrote a book called Prodromo, and in that book he included a chapter on flying. He conceptualized a flying ship with giant balloons attached where the mast were on the ship. He was closer to the designs of the hot air balloon and dirigibles than actual airplanes, but he foresaw the weaponization of aircraft. He wrote, "God will never allow that such a machine be built"because everybody realises that no city would be safe from raids"iron weights, fireballs and bombs could be hurled from a great height.3" Little did he know that he was