Evolution of Planes

First Flying Model Propelled by an Internal Combustion Engine

1901

First Plane Created by the Wright Brothers

Dec 23, 1903

The First Plane's Patent is Approved

May 22, 1906

First Takeoff From a Ship

1910

The First Passenger Plane is Created

1914

The First Gyro Stabilizer is Created

1915

First All-Metal Plane Introduced

1917

First Airplane Crossing of the North Atlantic with Multiple Stops

1919

Introduction of Lightweight, Air-Cooled Radial Engines

1925

First Nonstop Solo Flight Across the Atlantic Ocean

1927

The First Aluminum Plane Created

1928

First Landing Gear Created

1930

First Modern Commercial Airliner

1933

First Radar

1935

First Jet Engine Designed

1937

First Turbojet Aircraft Was Created

1939

First Practical Single Rotor Helicopter

1939

The First Fighter Jet Plane Flown

1941

Black Box Invented and Implemented

1953

First Small Jet Aircraft to Enter Mass Production

1963

Production of Boeing 747 Which Changes Everything to do with Planes

1969

First Circumnavigation Within a Plane with No Stops

1986

First Composite Made Plane, B-2 Bomber, Created

1990

First Aircraft Produced Through Computer-Aided Design and Engineering

1995