Flight over Time

By OJefferson02
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  • The First Flight

    The First Flight
    The Wright brothers were the first people to invent and drive an airplane. It was in North Carolina.

  • First Take off From a ship

    First Take off From a ship
    Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship.

  • All-metal airplane, introduced

    All-metal airplane, introduced
    Hugo Junkers, a German professor of mechanics introduces the Junkers J4, an all-metal airplane built largely of duralumin.

  • First Nonstop Flight Over Atlantic

    First Nonstop Flight Over Atlantic
    The first flight over the Atlantic was 3600 miles and was done by Charles Lindbergh.

  • First Commersial Airline

    First Commersial Airline
    In February, Boeing introduces the 247, a twin-engine 10-passenger monoplane that is the first modern commercial airliner.

  • Jet engines designed

    Jet engines designed
    Jet engines designed independently by Britain’s Frank Whittle and Germany’s Hans von Ohain make their first test runs.

  • Sound barrior broken

    Sound barrior broken
    U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager becomes the fastest man alive when he pilots the Bell X-1 faster than sound for the first time on October 14 over the town of Victorville, California.

  • First jet-powered commercial aircraft

    First jet-powered commercial aircraft
    The airplane De Havilland Comet makes its first flight on July 27.