Cayley

A History of Aviation

By maccamuffin
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    A timeline of famous aviators & aviation machine

    Bibliography

  • Sir George Cayley

    England’s “father of aeronautics,” built and flew the world’s first successful model glider.

  • Frank A. Whittle

    Frank A. Whittle, England inventor (jet engine), was born.

  • Louis Bleriot

    French aviator Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) made the first crossing of the English Channel from Calais to the grounds of Dover Castle in a powered aircraft, winning a £1,000 prize offered by the London Daily Mail. Piloting his Type XI monoplane at an average of 39 miles per hour, Blériot made the trip of 23.2 miles in just under 36 minutes.

  • Amy Johnson

    Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly from England to Australia.

  • Chuck Yeager

    Chuck Yeager, test pilot for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), reached Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane.

  • The Concorde

    The Concorde jetliner's 1st test flight took place in Bristol, England.

  • The Concorde

    The maiden flight of Concorde 002 was from Filton to Bristol.

  • The Concorde

    The Concorde, an Anglo-French airplane, made its first supersonic flight.

  • The Concorde

    The supersonic airliner Concorde landed for the 1st time at Heathrow airport.

  • The Concorde

    Concorde flew from Washington DC to Paris in 3hr. 33m.

  • The Concorde

    Britain and France opened trans-Atlantic Concorde service to Washington. This was the 1st commercial supersonic transport (SST).

  • The Concorde

    Regular passenger service between New York and Europe on the supersonic Concorde began on a trial basis.

  • Frank A. Whittle

    Frank A. Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, died.

  • The Concorde

    British Airways joined Air France in grounding its Concorde supersonic jets in the wake of the July 25th crash near Paris that claimed 113 lives.

  • The Concorde

    Air France planned to ground its last 5 Concorde airplanes. The Air France Concorde, the world's fastest and most luxurious passenger jet, flew from New York to Paris for the last time.

  • The Concorde

    Air France turned the oldest of its Concordes over to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington.

  • The Concorde

    British Airways retired the Concorde. 3 Concordes swooped into Heathrow Airport, joining in a spectacular finale to the era of luxury supersonic jet travel.