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852 BCE
Kite
A King attempts to fly a kite. He starts to question flying. How does it do that? Can I fly? -
1485
Da Vinci Designs Planes
Leonardo da Vinci designs a flying machine. -
Model Glider Design
Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider. A model Glider could be made of these materials; wood, Styrofoam, plastic, etc. It is a miniature plane. -
Biplane Design
George Cayley’s biplane design is published. -
Biplane Gliders
Otto Lilienthal flies biplane gliders. -
First Powered Flight
Wright brothers make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air airplane. -
New Zealander Launches Glider
Kiwi aviator ,George Bolt, launched a glider that he had designed and built himself from the Cashmere Hills above Christchurch. -
First Trans-Atlantic Flight
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. -
Jet Engine
British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine. -
First woman flies
Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean. -
Airbus 350
The Airbus 350 is a double decker plane. It is the largest plane built and can seat 555 people -
Jetpac
The Martin jetpack reaches 5000 feet high. The jetpack, invented by Glenn Martin, is a small flying device for one person. -
World’s First Flying Car
An aeroplane that can take off and land at any airport and, fold up its wings and drive on the road. -
Electric Aircraft
The Electric Aircraft flies over 200 MPH for first time ever. -
Box Wing Jet
Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company is making a Box Wing concept, which brings a huge decrease in fuel consumption. -
Supersonic Green Machine
This plane offers better efficiency with variable-cycle engines, allowing to change conventional turbofan mode during landing and takeoff. -
First Hydrogen Powered Flight
This plane uses hydrogen as power. This type of flight consists of the hydrogen to be cryogenically frozen.
