Friday, September 9, 2022

A Time Of Innovations In The Air

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.

34 comments:

  1. Fascinating. I would never be so brave. Thanks to them we now fly everywhere (soon again).

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  2. Love the balloon. What a fascinating exhibition.

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  3. There is so much about Canadian history that is unknown to many I am sure.

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  4. ...flight was and still is an amazing discovery.

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  5. Very nice, it's hard to imagine these machines could fly.

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  6. Wonderful exhibit on the various flying machines. I love the balloon. Take care, enjoy your day!

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  7. How interesting to see the engine of the Silver Dart.

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  8. The aircrafts have come a long way...

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  9. I would enjoy this museum a lot.

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  10. I especially like the balloon.

    All the best Jan

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  11. Love the hot air balloon, beautiful.

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  12. The hot air balloon does capture the eye ~ great exhibit and photos ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,

    A ShutterBug Explores,

    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  13. Marvelous exhibit! Thank you William!

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  14. Some very invented people were responsible for those, definitely an important part of history.

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  15. It took nerve to fly one of those.

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