History of Aviation

First Powered Flight

1903

Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first powered flight ever in Kitty Hawk North Carolina.

Reconnaissance

1911

The first time an aircraft was ever used in war for a reconnaissance purpose during the Italo-Turkish war.

Air Mail

1917

The United States government started using planes to move mail over long distances quickly.

Transatlantic Flight

1919

The first transatlantic flight was completed by John Alcock and Charles Brown in their modified WW1 bomber, the flight lasted 16 hours.

Jet Engine

1930

The first ever jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle in Germany.

Modern Airliners

1933

The first time modern airliners debuted most notably the Boeing 247 and the DC-1.

First Jet

1939

The first jet propelled aircraft was created by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke which was named the Heinkel 178.

Sound Barrier

1947

The first aircraft to pass the sound barrier was the xb-1 piloted by charles yeager.

Fastest Jet Aircraft in History

1964

the fastest manned jet aircraft in history was created by Lockheed Martin in 1964, the aircraft had the ability to go over mach 3 or around 2,200 MPH.

Supersonic Transport

1969

The first supersonic transport aircraft was developed in the Soviet Union, which was called the Tu-144

First Passangers

1976

The first passenger flights on the concorde began.

Non-stop global flight

1986

The first non-stop flight around the globe was performed by the Rutan Voyager and a crew of 2 people.

Flying car

2011

The worlds first commercial flying car is created by the company Terrefugia.

solar aircraft circumnavigation

2016

The first solar aircraft to circumnavigate the globe called the impulse 2, had a crew of 2 people and took over 500 days to complete its trip.