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First Balloon Flight
Was in Philadelphia -
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Powered Biplane
Otto Lithenthal worked on flying a Biplane which was pretty efficient -
First Manned Glider
Built by Sir George Cayley -
Fist Sustained Powered Flight
The Wright Brothers had the first sustained powered flight. -
Flyer in Europe
Alberto Santos Dumont was the first to fly in Europe -
Areal Experiment Assosiation
Curtis and Alexander Gram bell worked together and founded it for people -
The Brothers and Curtiss
Created flight schools for people -
Flight Races Started
Ralph Pulitzer started Flight races started and helped a/c's become more advanced and better. -
Harriet Quimby
Was the first women to get her license and the first commercial pilot -
Flying Services in Countries
A lot of Countries formed a flyng service -
World War 1
People started building fighter planes and had a big increase in production -
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WW1 Fighters become more advanced
Fighters started developing
-armored propellers
-interrupting gear
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US AirMail
The AirMail was used for people who didn't got mail last -
After World War 1
175,00 US workers lost jobs and aviation cut back 95% -
A/C Production Dropped
After ww1 the demand for air crafts significantly dropped by 85%, causing a screeching halt to aviation. -
Air races opened to women
Women where now allowed to fly in air races which is a very small step for equality for women. -
Non Stop Flights
The u.s. kept supplies going back and forth from Germany to the U.S. to help in the war. -
AirMail Act
It was regulated system and the railroad didn't like it but had to go with it because it was working out well -
Air Commercial Act
Basic traffic rules for commercial aviation -
Charles Linden burg Airports
He was the one who was responsible for hundreds of airports being built and was also the start of production -
Amelia Earhart
Was the first women to fly over the Atlantic while being a passenger -
McNary Watres Act
Added even more routes and charged people per seat -
First jet flight
The fist jet flight was in Germany. -
Developed Military Improvement
developed military improvement and air cops expanchion -
CAA Reserve Pilots
They kept some pilots here in the US just in case of an emergency that could happen in the US -
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Air Craft Production Increase
Air Craft production drastically increased again after pearl harbor. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the US Naval Base Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, using bombers, torpedo bombers and midget submarines -
Raid against Berlin
Fist raid against Berlin, targeted resource bombing them to cut of Germany. -
Normandy Invasion
also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. -
Trinity(First atomic Bomb)
Was the fist atomic bomb conducted by the united states. -
Bomming of Japan
Japan is preparing to mark the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb that was dropped on the nation, on Aug. 6, 1945 -
Air force branch
The U.S. air force was born with the passage of the national security act. -
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Vietnam Conflict (Phase one)
-France requested assistance to fight the war spread of communism.
-President Truman granted $15 Million -
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Vietnam Conflict (phase two)
-French pulled out colonies by 57
-Vietnam divided at the 17th parallel. -Eisenhower sent troops to organize. -
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Vietnam Conflict (Phase three)
August 7th congress passes "Toking gulf resolution".
Strategic bombing
operation rolling thunder lasted 3 years.
More air combat -
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Vietnam Conflict (Phase four)
-President Nixon promised a withdraw from Vietnam.
-Operation Linebacker
-ground Troops out by 1972
