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History of Airplanes

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  • Model Glider Design

    Model Glider Design

    Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider.
  • Hot Air balloon flight

    Hot Air balloon flight

    The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was on 21 November 1783 in Paris, France in a hot balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.
  • First Powered Flight

    First Powered Flight

    Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine.
  • Jet Engine Invented

    Jet Engine Invented

    British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine.
  • Aircraft Exceeds Speed of Sound

    Aircraft Exceeds Speed of Sound

    Charles Yeager pilots the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight.
  • First Boeing 747 Commercial Flight

    First Boeing 747 Commercial Flight

    Boeing 747 makes the first commercial flight.
  • Concorde Passengers

    Concorde Passengers

    Concorde begins its first passenger-carrying service.
  • First Non Stop Flight using solar power

    First Non Stop Flight using solar power

    The first nonstop flights around the world by solar and battery-powered airplane was completed.