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first successful model
Samuel Pierpont Langley builds a gasoline-powered version of his tandem-winged "Aerodromes." -
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the history of the airplane
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First sustained flight with a powered, controlled airplane
Keitz, M. (n.d.). http://www.greatachievements.org. Retrieved from http://www.greatachievements.orgFirst sustained flight with a powered, controlled airplane Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, complete the first four sustained flights with a powered, controlled airplane. -
first take off
Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship. In November he departs from the deck of a cruiser anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and lands onshore -
first auto matic poilt
Lawrence Sperry demonstrates an automatic gyrostabilizer at Lake Keuka, Hammondsport, New York. -
the J4 junker was invetioned
Hugo Junkers, a German professor of mechanics introduces the Junkers J4, an all-metal airplane -
The U.S Navey made the first airplane crosssing over the north alantic
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the first commical airline
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jet engine desighned
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First practical singlerotor helicopters
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WWII spurs innovetions
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B-52 bomber