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Charlie Taylor from Buckeye Iron works builds the first Airplane Engine from Aluminum
in order for the plane to fly Charlie Taylor needed to build the engine from a light weight material. -
The Wright brothers make 4 successful flights at Kitty Hawk
Orville and Wilber Wright made 4 successful short manned flights outside of North Carolina. -
Wilbur Wright made the longest flight to date circling the Kitty Hawk field 30 times in 30 minutes
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Eugene Ely lands on a military ship
Eugene Ely lands on a wooden deck built on The USS Pennsylvania, which lead to air craft carriers built for the military. -
United States Post Office used planes to transport mail
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First commercial flight
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World War I paves the way for faster and lighter planes
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Charles Lindbergh made the first trans Atlantic flight to Paris
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First Radar invented that could detect airplanes
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Boeing built first large passenger jet The 747
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The military flies the B 2 bomber
The B 2 was built for stealth reasons. It was unable to be detected by radar.
