Aviation

By Volleyball216
  • 1000 BCE

    1000 BCE- First Kite

    1000 BCE- First Kite
    In China a kite was invented
  • 1485

    1485-1500 Da Vinci designs a plane

    1485-1500 Da Vinci designs a plane
    Leonardo Da Vinci comes up with designs for a plane

  • 1783- Hot Air Balloon Flight

    1783- Hot Air Balloon Flight
    The first hot air balloon flight made by the Montgolfier brothers.

  • 1903- First Powered Flight

    1903- First Powered Flight
    The Wright brothers make history

  • 1930- Jet engine invented

    1930- Jet engine invented
    A jet engine was invented by Frank Whittle

  • 1932-First Women to fly across the Alantic

    1932-First Women to fly across the Alantic
    Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the Atlantic

  • 1939- First jet-propelled aircraft

    1939- First jet-propelled aircraft
    Heinkel 178 from Germany was the first fully jet powered aircraft

  • 1947- First plane to travel faster than sound

    1947- First plane to travel faster than sound
    The first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound piloted by Chuck Yeager

  • 1979- Longest human-powered flight

    1979- Longest human-powered flight
    Bryan Allen pedals a record-breaking distance on a human-powered flight

  • 2011- World's first flying car

    2011- World's first flying car
    The first flying car