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100 BCE
Chinese kite
Chinese use kites to spy on there enemy's -
Montgolfier brothers
First people to create and fly the hot air balloon -
U.S uses hot air balloon for war
The north used these balloons to get tactical advantages. -
George Cayley
George Clayey built the first glider. -
First sustained powered man flight
The wright Brothers had the first sustained powered man flight. -
Alberto Santos- Dumont
He flew the first airplane in Europe on October 23, 1906 -
First man to fly over English channel.
Louis Blériot was the first man to fly across the English channel. -
Glenn Curtiss
Became the fastest man in the world and also built ailerons for planes. -
Writer, Harriet Quimby
Became Americas first women licensed pilot -
Contest first 30 day trip across us
William R Hearst offered 50,000 for the first 30 day flight across America. -
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Begging of World war 1 to end Of world war 1
Planes could Fly up to 10,000 feet and Travel at speeds of 70-80 mph. At the end planes could Fly up to 24,000 feet and Travel at speeds of 140-150 mph -
WWI End
At the end of WWI 175,000 people were laid off of work
The production of commercial planes was dropped 85%
and military planes was dropped by 95% -
P.O Airplane's
By August of 1918 the post office had their own planes and pilots. -
First two people flight across the Atlantic
John Alock and lieutenant flew across the Atlantic non stop. -
First person to fly across the Atlantic alone
Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly cross the Atlantic alone with no stops and it took about 33 hours. -
Air Mail Act of 1925
It allowed postal service to contract out airmail, however the contractor got 80% of the profit. -
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Amelia Earhart Solo across the Atlantic and first women Passenger to cross Atlantic
Amelia became the first women to solo fly across the Atlantic. She also was the first women passenger across the Atlantic -
McNary-waters Act
It Amended the air mail act of 1925 and allowed air caries to change for space and get bonuses for using the latest tech. -
Air mail act of 1934
Changed to economic and safety regulation arrangement of commercial air transportation. -
Luftwaffe
In 1935 the German Air force (Luftwaffe) was formed -
Civil Pilot training Act of 1939
This program would train pilots for the instance of national emergency. -
Luftwaffe vs RAF
The Luftwaffe Lost/Damaged 403 planes, The RAF who stressed quality vs numbers Only lost 153 planes -
Civil air patrol
Was founded to help America scout for submarines and then drop bombs out of the cockpit of the plane. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Planned and executed an attack on pearl harbor which pushed us into the war. -
Helicopter
The helicopter went into service in 1942 -
Normandy
Tons of troops landed on the beach and it was a slaughter and they rushed and thousands were killed and they won the day. -
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Atom bomb
Two bombs were dropped on Japan to end the war. Over 100,000 people died -
Air force
The air force was born to make a separate branch because of how important it was. -
Chuck Yeager
He was the first man to fly Mach 1 -
Korea civil war
North Korea invaded south Korea. -
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Vietnam Conflict
We got involved in the civil war between North and south Vietnam. over 25 years we tried to stop communism from flowing any further than it already was. -
War in the desert.
War in the desert the most mass air lift ever. -
9/11
terrorist attack the twin towers and they fell down and sent people into shock. -
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Rise of drones
Drones have become part of peoples everyday life and keep growing. -
Operation desert storm
Largest number of separate targets in the shortest time ever that were destroyed.
