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Wilbur Wright
On this day in 1867 Wilbur Wright was born. -
Orville Wright
Orville Wright was born. -
Samuel P. Langley
Attempeted to fly his gasoline powered plane off of a houseboat in the Potomac River -
The Wright Brothers
The brothers first flight. It was about 800 feet -
Glenn Curtiss
Won the Scientific American trophy for flying one kilometer. -
Daniel "Chappie" James
He flew in World War II with the Tuskegee Airman -
Air Show
This is the date of the first American air show. It took place in Los Angeles, Califonia. -
Harriet Quimby
Became the first U.S. woman to earn a pilots license. The second woman in the world to do so. -
The Stinson Sisters
Katherine became the fouth youngest female pilot at 16 years old. Two years later Majorie earned hers, later both sisters opened a pilots school and taught their own brother and other men to fly. -
Bessie Coleman
Got a pilots license at a school in France and was the first African American woman to get the license. Then, she opened a flight school for american blacks. Sadly she died in a deadly plane crash in 1926. -
Charles A. Linburgh
Took his flight across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Amelia Earhart
First to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone. Died in an attempt to fly around the world. -
Charles A. Linburgh's son
Charles' son got kidnapped and it got so serious the family vrought in and called the FBI of the United Stated of Ameriva. -
Willa Brown
Earned her pilots license and made the first government approved school for African Americans. -
Jacqueline Cochran
Jaqueline Cochran mastered records with most every plane of her time. She also trained women to fly who were going into WWII. -
Eddie Rickenbacker
He shot down 26 German planes in World War II -
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.
Became the first black general in American Air Force history. -
First Russian man in space
Ruaaian man Yuri Gagarin was the first known human in space. -
Apollo 11
The first mission to the Moon. -
Apollo 11 Landed on the Moon
This was one of the biggest days for America.
