Evolution of the Airplane

By dangerousdolphins

  • First Airplane Flight

    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

    Bleriot IX
    The first ponoplane was invented by Louis Bleriot.

  • Gyrostabilizer

    Gyrostabilizer
    This new invention kept planes steady and level while flying in a line.

  • First Biplane

    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

    Fighter plane
    A french pilot flew the first fighter plane ever, which was armed with a machine gun.

  • Airplanes for All

    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
    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

    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

    Air Bus
    It is a double decker plane and one of the largest ever built, with seats to hold 555 passengers

  • Hunk a junk

    Hunk a junk
    Hugo Junkers built the first fully metal plane built out of a metal alloy called duralumim.