Continuing on where we left off yesterday, this is a model of the first hot air balloon invented by the Montgolfier brothers.
This engine has significance in Canadian history: this was the engine of the Silver Dart, the first aircraft to make a sustained flight in Canada.
A reproduction of the original Silver Dart is positioned overhead.
As more and more people got into the design and building of aircraft, it became an industry in its own right.
This is the Bleriot XI, a French design monoplane first put into the air in 1908.
This is the Maurice Farman S.11 Shorthorn, first developed by 1913. This kind of plane saw some use in the First World War, but was slower than the fighters that were developing as the war progressed
The First World War would be transformative for air planes, with designs being refined and tactics being invented on the spur of the moment by pilots on both sides.
Fascinating. I would never be so brave. Thanks to them we now fly everywhere (soon again).
ReplyDeleteThey seem a long way off from what we have now.
DeleteThe balloon looks gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteLove the balloon. What a fascinating exhibition.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed it a lot.
DeleteThere is so much about Canadian history that is unknown to many I am sure.
ReplyDeleteTrue.
DeleteGostei de ver estas fotografias.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e bom fim-de-semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
Livros-Autografados
Thank you.
Delete...flight was and still is an amazing discovery.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely.
DeleteVery nice, it's hard to imagine these machines could fly.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet they did.
DeleteWonderful exhibit on the various flying machines. I love the balloon. Take care, enjoy your day!
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DeleteHow interesting to see the engine of the Silver Dart.
ReplyDeleteGood that it was saved.
DeleteThe aircrafts have come a long way...
ReplyDeleteThey really have.
DeleteI would enjoy this museum a lot.
ReplyDeleteIt is a fine museum.
DeleteI especially like the balloon.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
It's quite photogenic.
DeleteLove the hot air balloon, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI agree!
DeleteThe hot air balloon does capture the eye ~ great exhibit and photos ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thank you.
DeleteMarvelous exhibit! Thank you William!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome.
DeleteSome very invented people were responsible for those, definitely an important part of history.
ReplyDeleteIndeed.
DeleteIt took nerve to fly one of those.
ReplyDeleteIt did.
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