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Evolution of Airplanes

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  • Fisrt towed flight

    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

    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

    Wright flyer III
    The wright flyer III was the first airplane capable of sustained flight and had two seats.

  • First Soaring Flight

    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
    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"

    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

    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

    Fist commercial jet flies
    The de Havilland DH 106 Comet was the first production commercial jetliner.

  • Boeing 747 first flight

    Boeing 747 first flight
    The first of the Boeing 747 and the first flight of a widebody aircraft.

  • First space shuttle flight

    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.