Main Timeline By triplek Jun 4, 1783 Montgolfier brothers First balloon flight Aug 19, 1871 Ovril Wright is born Oct 13, 1903 The Wright brothers built the powered Wright Flyer I, Dec 14, 1903 Aircraft made a three-second flight attempt Dec 17, 1903 First flight of the Wright Flyer 1 Feb 28, 1904 the Wrights built the Flyer II Jul 2, 1937 Amelia Earhart went missing Jan 5, 1939 Amelia Earheart declared legally dead May 5, 1942 Kaiser and Hughes began work on the Hercules Apr 22, 1944 Steve Fossett is born Aug 9, 1945 Enola Gay (aircraft) The Enola Gay was the name of the aircraft which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima Nov 2, 1947 The Hughes H-4 Hercules made its only flight Jul 12, 1962 Crew working on the Spruce Goose reduced to 50 Apr 5, 1976 Death of Howard Hughes May 5, 1976 The Spruce Goose was disbanded shortly after Hughes' death Feb 27, 1993 Hercules arrives at Evergreen Aviation Mueseum Jul 30, 2001 Fossett sets a pair of new aviation records Aug 17, 2001 Fossett's 5th attempt to navigate around the world May 7, 2002 Fossett attempts 6th solo navigation 7 May 2002 Mar 3, 2005 Fossett becomes 1st person to navigate around the world Sep 3, 2007 Steve Fossett goes missing
