Aviation Timeline

By Ts3807@k12.sd.us
  • Chinese emperor goes to the moon.
    Jan 1, 1100

    Chinese emperor goes to the moon.

    Legend has it that a Chinese Emperor tied a bunch of rockets filled with gun powder. The Emperor was trying to get the moon. Instead the rockets went off and the Chinese Emperor blew up.
  • Balloons take the air.

    Balloons take the air.

    Jesuit Priest, Fracesco de Lana studied balloon flight, using ballast for controlling the flight.
  • Hydrogen is discovered

    Hydrogen is discovered

    An English Chemist by the name of Henry Cavendish discovered a new flammable gas known today as Hydrogen.
  • People take flight.

    People take flight.

    The Montgolfier flew 5 miles in 25 minutes with their hot air balloon.
  • Aviation and the Government

    Aviation and the Government

    Samuel Langley received $50,000 grant from government, built steam powered plane, tried to fly a plane off of a house boat but failed, government lost faith in aviation
  • The Wright Brothers and their Flyer

    The Wright Brothers and their Flyer

    The Wright Brothers built the first powered flight that was controlled by man.
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    Aircraft Produced during WW1

    France built 67,982 a/c, Germany built 47,637 a/c, Italy built 20,000 a/c, USA built 15,000
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    Aviation makes Advancements throughout WW1

    Several improvements on aircraft's made the aircraft double average airspeed, double service ceiling, added armor, interrupting gear, lighter, faster, more maneuverable.

  • Aviation Crashes after WW1

    Aircraft production dropped 85%, military aviation cut 95%, 175,000 factory workers laid off.

  • First nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic

    First non-stop crossing of Atlantic made by Capt. John Alcock and Lt. Arthur Brown

  • First Solo Non-stop flight across the Atlantic

    Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic
  • First Woman to Fly a Solo Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic

    First Woman to Fly a Solo Nonstop Flight Across the Atlantic

    Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly non-stop solo across the Atlantic Ocean.

  • German Air Force Officially Formed

    Luftwaffe officially formed, had been built up in secrecy during interwar years
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    Civil Air Patrol is Born

    In 1939 President Roosevelt signed Civilian Pilot Training Act, program trained pilots for national emergency, by 1944 over 300,000 pilots had been trained
  • Army Expands it Air Corp

    Army Expands it Air Corp

    President’s message to congress begins Army Air Corp expansion

  • Jet Powered Aircraft are Born

    Germany flew first jet powered aircraft

  • WW2 Starts

    Germany invades Poland starting WWII

  • Sikorsky R-4 is Introduced to the Army

    Sikorsky R-4 enters service with Army Air Corp

  • Aircraft take off from Aircraft Carrier for the First Time

    Doolittle Raid uses medium bombers launched from an aircraft carrier to attack the home island of Japan

  • Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, aircraft launched from aircraft carriers attack and cripple US naval and air forces

  • America enters WW2

    America declares war on Japan

  • War on Germany and Italy is Declared by America

    America declares war on Germany and Italy

  • Atom bomb is dropped on Hiroshima

    Enola Gay dropped atom bomb on Hiroshima

  • America Finally gets a Branch of the Military Dedicated to Air Service

    Air Force is born with passage of National Security Act

  • Sound Barrier is Broken

    Sound barrier broken by Chuck Yeager in a Bell X-1
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    Berlin Airlift is a major Success for Aviation

    June 1948 to May 1949 - Berlin Airlift is a major victory for airpower and proves airpower can be useful in peacetime
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    Korean War Starte

    Korean War, superior Mig-15 experiences heavy losses against pilots with better training
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    The Vietnam War

    Vietnam War, airpower was used extensively, strategic bombing develops further

  • Mass Scale Airlift of People and Supply

    Operation Desert Shield, world’s largest airlift of forces, people, and supplies

  • Mass Scale of Bombings via Air

    Operation Desert Storm, world’s highest number of targets in shortest amount of time attacked with aircraft
  • Twin Towers

    Twin Towers

    The Twins are attacked by a terrorist group who hijacked planes and flew them into the towers.