THE FIRST FLYING MACHINE OF COMPATIBLE HISTORY FLEW IN THE HELLENIC SKIES 425 YEARS BEFORE DRACONIAN CHRIST

THE HELLENIC (GREEK) PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN AND ENGINEER ARCHYTAS FROM TARANTAS OF SOUTHERN ITALY ON -425 CONSTRUCTED THE FIRST FLYING MACHINE (ARCHYTAS’S PIGEON). THIS NON-MANNED AIRCRAFT WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS A “JET” WITH TODAY’S DATA, AS IT FUNCTIONED WITH THE ABRUPT BACKWARD RELEASE OF COMPRESSED AIR AND FLEW FORWARD. IT LOOKED LIKE A PRESENT SMALL AIRPLANE WITH A FUSELAGE, A TAIL AND WINGS ATTACHED UNDER ANGLE ON THE FUSELAGE. DURING FLIGHT THE RESISTANCE OF THE AIR ATTACKED VERTICALLY THE WINGS SO THERE WAS AN ANGLE BETWEEN THE AERORESISTANCE AND THE AIRCRAFT WHICH MEANT THAT THE VERTICAL COMPONENT (BUOYANCY – LIFT FORCE) BALANCED THE WEIGHT OF THE PLANE MAINTAINING IT TO THE DESIRED HEIGHT AND THE PARALLEL COMPONENT (PURE AERORESISTANCE – DRAG FORCE) WAS BALANCED BY THE AEROPROPULSION. THAT AIRCRAFT COULD FLY FOR A HORIZONTAL LENGTH OF APPROXIMATELY 200 METERS.

ARCHYTAS FROM TARANTAS IS ALSO CONSIDERED AS THE INVENTOR OF THE SCREW, THE PULLEY AND THE RATTLE. HIS SCRIPT “REVOLUTION AROUND EARTH” WAS BURNT BY THE CHRISTIAN BARBARIANS IN THE ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY. ARCHYTAS WAS ALSO PLATO’S CLOSE FRIEND AND A PATRON IN PLATO’S ACADEMY.