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First Balloon Flight
Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier invented a ballon with smoke that was enable to fly. The first flight took place on June 4th but the first passengers were actually animals which went on the flight that took place on September 19, 1783 -
Wright Brothers
The first sucessfully built (heavier than air) airplane by the Wright brothers was flown. -
The ability for the aeroplane to turn
Orville Wright learned how to make the first turn of an aeroplane. -
First Aeroplane flight in Europe
Alberto Santos-Dumont flew an aeroplane in Bagtelle Field, Paris. -
World's First Cross-Channel Flight
Louis Bleriot flew a Bleriot VI monoplane from Les Baraques near Calais, France to Dover Castle, England. -
First Women's Cross-Channel Flight
Harriet Quimby flew in a monoplane from Dover, England and landed in Hardelot, France. -
First multi-engined aircraft
Igor Ivan Sikorsky built and flew the first multi-engined aircraft in Russia. -
The Birth of the Fighter Plane
French pilot, Roland Garros flew an airplane armed with a gun that fired through its propeller during World War One. The airplane was no longer used to observe the enemies land, but it was part of the war. -
First Round-the-World flight
Four biplanes of the U.S Army Air Corps took off from Seatle. 175 days later; after a trip around the world, two of the planes landed in Seatle. -
First Jetliner Service
The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) created the first jetliner service called the De Havilland Comet Flight.