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Model Glider Design
Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider. -
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
Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. -
Jet Engine Invented
British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine. -
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
Boeing 747 makes the first commercial flight. -
Concorde Passengers
Concorde begins its first passenger-carrying service. -
First Non Stop Flight using solar power
The first nonstop flights around the world by solar and battery-powered airplane was completed.