Airplanes Through the Ages

By Seth the cool kid
  • Period: to

    Year

  • First powered flight

    First powered flight
    The Wright brothers acheived the first powered flight near Kittyhawk, North Carolina

  • Airplane used in war

    Airplane used in war
    Aircraft were used in WW1

  • First airmail

    First airmail
    Us uses airmail

  • First trans-Antlantic flight

    First trans-Antlantic flight
    Charles Limbeurg has the first trans-Atlantic flight

  • First passenger jet

    First passenger jet
    Boeing makes the 247 plane

  • Sound barrier broken

    Sound barrier broken
    U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager breakes the sound barrier in the Bell X-1

  • Boeing 747

    Boeing 747
    Boeing makes the Boeing 747

  • Fastest airplane

    Fastest airplane
    The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official record for air speed with 2,193 mph

  • Airplane/helicopter

    Airplane/helicopter
    The V-22 Osprey is a plane that can takeoff like a helicpoter.

  • B-2 Bomber

    B-2 Bomber
    The B-2 bomber is developed