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Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the first powered flight ever in Kitty Hawk North Carolina. -
The first time an aircraft was ever used in war for a reconnaissance purpose during the Italo-Turkish war. -
The United States government started using planes to move mail over long distances quickly. -
The first transatlantic flight was completed by John Alcock and Charles Brown in their modified WW1 bomber, the flight lasted 16 hours. -
The first ever jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle in Germany. -
The first time modern airliners debuted most notably the Boeing 247 and the DC-1. -
The first jet propelled aircraft was created by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke which was named the Heinkel 178. -
The first aircraft to pass the sound barrier was the xb-1 piloted by charles yeager. -
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. -
The first supersonic transport aircraft was developed in the Soviet Union, which was called the Tu-144 -
The first passenger flights on the concorde began. -
The first non-stop flight around the globe was performed by the Rutan Voyager and a crew of 2 people. -
The worlds first commercial flying car is created by the company Terrefugia. -
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.