It's actually possible for the first person to have achieved controlled heavier-than-air powered flight (Orville Wright) to have been in the same room at the same time with the first person to fly faster than sound (Chuck Yeager) and the first person to walk on the moon (Neil Armstrong), as their lives all overlap.
Nothing quite captures the rapid pace of technological achievement like the aviation industry. If you've ever seriously considered the prospect of purchasing a roll of canvas, some twigs, a length of steel wire and a small petrol engine for the purposes of becoming airborne, then you're not alone.Ī little over a hundred years ago, bicycle shop owners Orville and Wilbur Wright did essentially just that, and the world hasn't been the same since.
