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Fisrt towed flight
Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first powered flight by pulling his glider behind horses. Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher, and Octave Chanute were all susessful in making gliders. -
Wright brothers first sustained flight
The wright brothers flights off Kill Devil Hills are recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale as "the first sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight" -
Wright flyer III
The wright flyer III was the first airplane capable of sustained flight and had two seats. -
First Soaring Flight
Orville Wright soared an un-powered airplane for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in Kitty Hawk -
United States' first scheduled commercial airline flight
United States' first scheduled commercial airline flight on 1 January 1914 for the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line.The 23-minute flight traveled between St. Petersburg, Florida and Tampa, Florida, passing some 50 feet (15 m) above Tampa Bay in Jannus' Benoist XIV biplane flying boat. -
First "dogfight"
The first dogfight is believed to have taken place on 28 August 1914, when Norman Spratt, flying an unarmed Sopwith Tabloid forced down a German Albatros C.I two-seater. -
First aircraft to fly under turbojet power
The Heinkel He 178 was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet aircraft. -
Fist commercial jet flies
The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the first production commercial jetliner. -
Boeing 747 first flight
The first of the Boeing 747 and the first flight of a widebody aircraft. -
First space shuttle flight
STS-1 was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program. Space Shuttle Columbia launched on 12 April 1981, and returned to Earth on 14 April, having orbited the Earth 37 times during the 54.5-hour mission.
