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François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes are the first men in a hot air balloon
The first technology that allowed men to fly which occurred in Paris France. The balloon was made of paper and linen -
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From Hot air to Solar Energy
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Gustave Whitehead's first powered flight
Constructed the first engine powered flight in history predating the Wright Brothers by 2 years -
Wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright fly over the skies of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina -
First Transatlantic flght
Charles Lindbergh completes the first ever solo transatlantic flight -
Jet Engine Invented
Frank Whittle invents the first Jet Engine -
First Woman flight across the Atlantic
Famed pilot Amelia Earhart completes first solo transatlantic flight for a woman -
First jet-propelled flight
Heinkel 178 if the first fully jet powered flight -
First flight to exceed the speed of sound
Charles Yeager becomes first pilot to exceed speed of sound -
Space race begins
The Soviet Union and United States enters the space race -
First man made object in space
The Soviets launched Sputnik 1, which was the driving force behind the space race -
First living being in space
Sputnik II, also launched by the soviets, sent female dog Laikia in to space, marking the first living organism sent into space by humans. -
First human in space/ space walk
Yuri Gagarin was launched into space by the Soviet ship Vostok I, marking the first man in space and the first spacewalk. -
First object to land on the moon successfully
The Soviet craft Luna 9 was the first madame object to successfully land on another interplanetary body -
First men on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the two first men who managed to walk on the moon as part of the United State's Apollo program -
Boeing 747's first year in use
The Boeing 747, one of the most popular transport aircraft, was introduced to airlines everywhere -
Last trip to the moon
Apollo 17 carries men to the moon for one last time -
Concorde carries it's first passengers
The first flight of the Soviets Concorde supersonic transport plane -
Longest human powered flight in history
A man named Bryan Allen conduct the world longest human powered flight, flying over the English channel -
First flight of the space shuttle
Space Shuttle Columbia, America, Enters space and begins the shuttle program -
First non stop flight around the world
Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager complete complete their 9 day journey without stopping. -
Challenger explodes
The Challenger space shuttle explodes, killing all seven of their crew. -
ISS is launched
The International space station is officially launched and put in use -
World record for gliding set
Terry Delore sets the gliding world record flying 2400 kilometers within the his home country of New Zealand -
Martin Jetpack
The Martin Jetpack reaches and altitude of 5000 feet and was named one of the 10 best inventions of the 2010's -
The first solar flight around the world
Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first plane to be powered by renewable energy sources