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First Airplane Flight
The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane. It was not much more than a glider with a small engine and a mechanism for steering. It wsas in flight for 12 seconds. The craft weighed 700 pounds, and was called "The Flyer." -
Bleriot IX
The first ponoplane was invented by Louis Bleriot. -
Gyrostabilizer
This new invention kept planes steady and level while flying in a line. -
First Biplane
Biplanes were a wooden a cloth plane with two wings and one large engine in the front. They were primarily used in WWI for recognizance and skimishes. -
Fighter plane
A french pilot flew the first fighter plane ever, which was armed with a machine gun. -
Airplanes for All
Right after WW1 planes started to be used commercialy. They transported people place to place, but it would take a long time before they 'd be used for recreation. -
Jets
Jets were a new breed that outstripped all the old airplanes. Instead of using propeller engines they used Jet engine hence the name jet. -
X-15
This was th fastest airplane of it's time, reaching a speed of mach 6. It is six times faster then the Bell X-1 and it broke the speed off sound. -
Air Bus
It is a double decker plane and one of the largest ever built, with seats to hold 555 passengers -
Hunk a junk
Hugo Junkers built the first fully metal plane built out of a metal alloy called duralumim.