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Airplane flies!
Wilbur and Orville Wright make an airplane that flies. -
Off the ship.
First successful takeoff from a ship. -
Mail in the air.
U.S. Postal service inaugurates air mail. -
Non-stop solo
Charles Lindenbergh, in the Spirit of St. Louis, made the first non-stop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Women's non-stop solo.
Emelia Earhart is the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Forget propellars.
The first jet plane,the Heinkel HE 178, is made.