МЕКТЕПТЕ FLY CARPET HUMAN (ҰШАТЫН КІЛЕМДЕГІ АДАМ) КЕҢІСТІК (ЭЗОТЕРИКАЛЫҚ) ТУРИЗМІН ДАМЫТУ СТРАТЕГИЯЛАРЫ

Abstract

     In the context of global digital transformation, the modern education system in Kazakhstan is transitioning to a new qualitative level of comprehensive development. As part of the implementation of the state program for developing students’ functional literacy, many educational institutions successfully apply the theoretical knowledge they acquire in real-world conditions. The development of children’s tourism and local studies in schools through the use of elements of spatial (Esotericism) tourism, known as «Fly Carpet Human» opens broad prospects for students in mastering skills in construction, engineering thinking, navigation (drone) and geoinformation systems, STEM & AI integration, marketing, management, and national values within the context of Kazakhstan.

     Accordingly, this material presents the historical and cultural prerequisites of the mythological concepts of the nomadic peoples of the Great Steppe, as well as the achievements of the Chinese inventor Zhuge Liang regarding flying lanterns (220–280 BCE) and other objects (the “Flying Carpet Human”). It explores the fantastic ideas and aspirations of humans toward spatial expansion in the atmospheric layers, illustrated by the works of George Cayley (1853), John Joseph Montgomery (1880), and Herbert George Wells in his book «The Flying Man» (1895), along with the first attempts of engineer Otto Lilienthal (1891) and other pioneers.

     The ideas and dreams of human travel by hot-air balloon and airship were realized by outstanding inventors such as Francesco Lana de Terzi (1670), Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1709), Tytus Boratyn (1659), Henry Cavendish (1766), Joseph Black (1756), the Montgolfier brothers (1783), Jacques Charles (1783), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1784), and other engineers.

     The evolution of constructing flying automobiles (Auto Plane, Auto Car, Aircraft, Flying Car, Roadable Vehicles) created by Glenn Curtiss (1908) and his successors—Waterman Arrowbile (1930), Autogiro (1936), Jess Dixon (1940), Airspeed Horsa (1942), ConvAirCar (1947), Moulton Taylor’s Aerocar III (1949), Cessna 337 Skymaster (1961), AVE Mizar (1971), AAI Corporation (2007), Parajet Skycar (2008), I-TEC Maverick (2008), Butterfly Super Sky Cycle (2009), Plane Driven PD-1 (2010), Terrafugia Transition (2012)—occupies a special place in the history of the aviation industry. It has recently become known that the Japanese “EHang” project (2021) and the Chinese AutoFlight project (2024) are implementing service flights on air-taxi platforms between major regions in their respective countries.

     Franky Zapata’s (France) flight across the English Channel in 2019 on a jet-powered board marked the beginning of a new era and demonstrated the technical capabilities for humans to make spatial flights within the lower layers of Earth’s atmosphere. Thus, the presented material titled «Ushatyn kilemdegi adam» (Fly Carpet Human) may serve as a programmatic guide for launching this project within the context of the modern school.