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A Compilation of the Advent of Flight. – By Group Captain Noor Rahim (RCyAF – Retd.) As Homo sapiens became wiser and started using their faculty of thinking – their brain; they made one of the greatest discoveries in the form of the “wheel”.  They soon mastered the use of the wheel; and ground transportation was made easier, faster and much more comfortable than riding on animals and being carried in palanquins as hitherto practiced. In the meantime he had used the waterways for transportation by the use of rafts, boats, barges etc. Thus he had experienced and succeeded travelling in 2 dimensions – Length and breadth of the land. Not satisfied with this man also turned his mind towards imitating the birds and thereby making use of the medium of air for recreation and transportation. Thereby the concept of conquering the third dimension (Space) was born. We will never ...