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History of Airplanes

  • Kitty Hawk

    Kitty Hawk
    This was the first plane ever made that has flown with a total of 59 seconds and 852 feet. It was made in Kitty Hawk North Carolina.
  • Fokker Tri-Motor

    Fokker Tri-Motor
    This day is when Amelia Earhart became the first women to fly across the Atlantic Ocean as a passenger of the Fokker Tri-Motor.
  • Fokker F-32

    Fokker F-32
    This is the first designed and built four-engine aircraft in America. It was made in the Fokker airline cooperation of American in their Teterbora, New Jersey Factory.
  • Boeing XP-936

    Boeing XP-936
    It is the first monoplane fighter produce for the army air corps. Les Tower made the first flight in the Boeing XP-936 in Seattle, Washington. It is nicknamed the Peashooter.
  • Lockhead Martin

    Lockhead Martin
    On a Burbank to Washington, D.C. flight the Lockhead broke the speed record going 331 mph on a 6 hour, 57 minutes, and 51 second nonstop flight.
  • Concorde

    Concorde
    From London's Heathrow and Orly Airport outside Paris, the first Concordes with commercial passenger at the same time took flight.
  • People express

    People express
    this plane started carrying cargo launching flights between Newark and London.
  • Boeing 777

    Boeing 777
    This date is when the first model of 777 was flown. It was made in the Everett factory in Washington. It was the first airplane produced through computer aided design and engineering.
  • Airbus A380

    Airbus A380
    This is the date that the Airbus A380 first took its flight. It was made in Southern France. This is the first plane to have a nonstop around-the-world by solar and battery powered airplane.
  • Blended wing/flying V

    Blended wing/flying V
    it is expected to be seen in 2035 and is being made in the Netherlands. This is the first "no tail" airplane. Airbus has said that this model should be able to reduce fuel by 20 percent and still hold hundreds of people.