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Biplane Design
Originally biplanes were lightweighted but sturdy aircraft structures. This was made by George Cayley. -
Biplane gliders
Otto Lilienthal was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the flying man. He was also the first person to make well-documented, repeated, successful flights with unpowered airplanes. -
First powered flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first recorded powered, sustained and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. They made four short flights at Kitty Hawk with their first aircraft design. -
Jet Engine invented
Frank Whittle is the person who made the jet engine. The jet engine allowed extremely fast travel between different countries and places. -
First women flies across Atlantic
Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo nonstop trans- Atlantic flight. She took off from Newfoundland, beginning the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic by a woman. -
First jet propelled aircraft
Germany's Heinkel 178 is the first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly The Heinkel 178 was a small, metal aircraft that ran on diesel fuel. -
Aircraft exceeds speed of sound
Chuck Yeager was an American test pilot who was the first person to break the sound barrier. -
First Boeing 747 commercial flight
The Boeing 747 was built to be twice as big as its ancestor on January 15th. -
Longest human powered flight
Bryan Allen pedals the Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel, breaking the distance record for human-powered flight. -
First non-stop flight around world
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager flew the US ultralight Voyager around the world. It took around nine days.
