History of Airplanes

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  • 400 BCE

    Arquitas of Tarento

    Arquitas of Tarento
    There are myths about the philosopher and mathematician Arquitas of Tarento building a flying machine
  • 1400

    Extraordinary inventors

    Extraordinary inventors
    A few visionary inventors, Leonardo da Vinci included, drew a model of plane in the XV sentury.
  • 1400

    The first fly ever made

    The first fly ever made by humans, happened on an aerostat, a ballon, lighter than the air.

  • A plane heavier than air

    A plane heavier than air
    J.J. Montgomery became the first person who made a controlled flight on a machine havier than air.

  • Santos Dumont

    Santos Dumont
    In the early XX century, Santos Dumont realized the first fly on a so called plane which was capable of generating power and support on its own.

  • Commercial flights

    The first commercial flight, transporting passangers, took of from USA with destination in Canada.

  • Military power

    Military power
    While simpler models of airplane engines were being reserched, the USA army already had a jet plane

  • The beggining of planes as we know

    After eleven years from the development of jet planes, they were finnaly used to do commercial flights.