{"id":2189,"date":"2020-12-01T08:46:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/?p=2189"},"modified":"2020-12-01T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:46:51","slug":"inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventor Of The Day &#8211; Paul Cornu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Cornu invented the first flying helicopter.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t travel very far and it was very dangerous.\u00a0 In 1939, Igor Sikorsky developed the helicopter and his design was used in WW2.<\/p>\n<p>We were very excited to make our own helicopters and we flew them first in class, then we flew them from the balcony in the Street.\u00a0 they flew really well.\u00a0 A helicopter template is on Google Classroom for the children to make and fly at home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2189 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6096\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084537\/IMG_6096.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6097\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084544\/IMG_6097.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6098\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084548\/IMG_6098.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6100\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084552\/IMG_6100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6101\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084556\/IMG_6101.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6105\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084601\/IMG_6105.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/2019mps11\/2020\/12\/01\/inventor-of-the-day-paul-cornu\/img_6106\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/public\/2019mps11\/uploads\/sites\/17981\/2020\/12\/01084609\/IMG_6106.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Cornu invented the first flying helicopter.\u00a0 It didn&#8217;t travel very far and it was very dangerous.\u00a0 In 1939, Igor Sikorsky developed the helicopter and his design was used in WW2. 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