Aviation Timeline

By MBoyette

  • Hot Air Balloon

    The hot air balloon was the first successful human-carrying flight technology.

  • Model Glider

    Sir George Cayley builds and flies the world's first successful model glider

  • Monoplane

    Clement Ader flies a steam powered, bat-winged monoplane

  • Wright Brothers first glider flight

    The Wright Brothers make their first glider flight

  • Wright Brothers Flyer

    The Wright Brothers Flyer lifts into the air and last 12 seconds and 121 feet. It is the first powered, manned, heavier than air, controlled flight.

  • Wright Brothers second machine

    The Wright Brothers build and fly their second machine

  • First helicopter

    The first helicopter was flown by Paul Cornu, it lasted 20 seconds and hovered 1 foot.

  • Aircraft in Military

    The first American use of aircraft in military operations by the navy.

  • USSR's Venera 1

    First spacecraft to fly by a planet

  • Mass Air Transport

    Boeing 747 revolutionizes mass air transport