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First Balloon
Montgolfier brothers constructed the first "lighter than air vehicle". The balloon. -
First Zepplin airship takes flight.
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Wright brothers first self propelled air plane
Orville and Wilbur Wright fly first successful self-propelled airplane http://www.century-of-flight.net/ -
Flight across the english channel
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First Female Pilot
Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first licensed female pilot http://www.aviation-history.com/ -
Longest over sea flight
Salim Ilkucan crosses Sea of Marmara by achieving the longest over-sea flight in a doubleplane http://www.century-of-flight.net/ -
Airmail postal service established
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First African American Aviator
Bessie Coleman becomes the first licensed African-American aviator in the world
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Air commerce act
Air Commerce Act marks first federal attempt to set safety regulations for civil aeronautics and requires the registration and licensing of pilots and planes http://www.century-of-flight.net/ -
First female glider pilot
Anne Morrow Lindbergh becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html -
First female across the atlantic
Amelia Earhart becomes the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean http://www.aviation-history.com/ -
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Hindenburg disaster
Zeppelin Hindenburg burns -
Radar bounces off the moon
Radar bounces off the moon for the first time
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Explorer 1 launched
The first American satellite to be placed in orbit around the Earth, "Explorer 1", is launched
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First american in space
Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
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First man on the moon
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first persons to walk on the moon
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Golf Ball hit on the moon
The first time a golf ball is hit on the moon
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Boeing 747
Boeing 747 makes its first commercial flight from New York to London http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html -
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Sally Ride-first woman in space
Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, becomes the first U.S. woman to go up in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger
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Challenger explodes
Challenger Space Shuttle explodes shortly after takeoff, all seven crew members die
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Solar airplane
Bertrand Piccard and his Solar Impulse team make aviation history by flying more than 24 consecutive hours non-stop in a solar airplane.
