Airplane

Birth of Wilbur Wright

Apr 16, 1867

Birth of Orville Wright

Aug 19, 1871

Inventors began thinking about space traveling

May 26, 1890

Request for a patent application

Mar 17, 1903

The Wright brothers requested a patent application for a "flying machine"

First successful experiment with a plane

Dec 17, 1903

First successful experiment where a plane carried a man by its own power, it flew naturally and in even speed, and landed without damage

Birth of Frank Whittle

Jun 1, 1907

First fatal airplane crush

Sep 17, 1908

First fatal crash

Birth of Hans von Ohain

Dec 14, 1911

Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain developed the jet engine

May 26, 1939

Lippisch Ente, first aircraft to fly with the power of the jet engine

May 26, 1948

First successful space shuttle - Space Shuttle Columbia

Apr 12, 1981

Death of Frank Whittle

Aug 9, 1996

Death of Hans von Ohine

Mar 13, 1998