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Octave Chanute began testing of biplane gliders, which findings would inspire the Wright Brothers.
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Only 2 months after the New York Times said it would take millions of years to fly, the Wright Brothers flow the first flying machine (which we now call biplanes).
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Louis Bleriot crosses the English Channel.
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Robert H. Goddard flies the first liquid-fueled rocket.
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The first jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle.
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The semi modern, Boeing 247, was flow for the first time.
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The Heinkel He 178, the first completely jet powered plane, took flight.
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The first jet to reach to exceed Mach 1, Bell X-1, was built.
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The first Boeing 747 had their commercial flight.
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The British and French Concorde shows off the first some of the first supersonic flights for commercial use with two take offs at the same time.
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The Solar Impulse 2 makes the flight around the globe, and is the first plane with renewable energy to do so.
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The Eviation Alice became the first all-electric plane set for commercial use