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1000 BCE
built a kite
first time man thought of flying -
Jan 1, 900
Gun powder
This lead to the creation of rockets -
Jan 1, 1100
Built a Simple Rocket
This lead to Wang Ho -
Kite carried man
This is the first time a man flew -
Henry Carendish discovered Hydrogen
This was a flammable gas that would lead balloons -
First women to fly alone
This was important to the history because at this time women had no rights but yet they flew -
Wind tunnel
Francis Wenham invented the wind tunnel -
Secret Glider
John Mountgomer built a secret glider that went 600 ft. -
Zeppelin was created
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin built the first ridged dirigible -
First man powered flight
This important because it was the first man to get the in the air with an engine and this would lead to the advancement of planes -
Wrights & Curtis opened flight schools
This is important to the history of aviation because this will teach more people how to fly planes and it will raise the number of pilots in the world -
Writer Harriet Quimby, first licensed pilot
She was the first licensed women pilot and this lead to more women thinking they can do more -
Harriet Quimby first women to fly solo across English channel
lead to women thinking they can do more in life -
Harriet died flying with a passenger
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First commercial flight
The worlds first regularly scheduled service with a heavier-than air craft. It cost $5 to fly and it would fly from St. Pettersburg Florida to Tampa Florida
This was important to the history of Aviation because this was the first time they attempted to fly with more than one passenger and they payed to fly from one spot to another -
Boeing won army challenge with the 299
With the army making a challenge it triggered a race to improve aviation -
Amelia Earhart flight across Atlantic
First women to fly across Atlantic alone showed that women can do anything a man can do -
First jet made by germany
this wasn't very good but it was the first supersonic jet -
Fall of France
France was a big allie to the US and British and this led to the US thinking that war might be coming -
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Attack on England
This attack was Germany's plan to run the top countries in Europe and so they tried by air and failed the British never lost control of the English Channel this will play a big part in the war -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese bombed the US Navel base Pearl Harbor and this is what got the US in the war -
First Helicopter
this made Leonardo Di Vinci dreams come true -
D-Day
This is the US attack on Omaha Beach that had a lot of airel strikes and that lead to the end of the war -
Start studding how to break the sound barrer
this means they want to go faster and made aviation excel fast -
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Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
this ended WW2 -
First supersonic flight
This is the first step towards jets we have today -
Mach 2 first flight
This was the second step towards the jets we have today -
Boeing 707
This plane was the best plane of its time it outclassed every airliner -
Mach 3 first flight
the third step of breaking the sound barer -
First commercial jet aircraft
This was a very helpful but not effective way to get to places faster -
Boeing 727
Just advancing in efficiency with tail engine -
Boeing 747
Revolutionized the Aviation Industry -
Concorde took flight
Supersonic commercial jet that both France and Britten flew -
9/11 Tarriest Attacks
set back the aviation industry for a long time -
Concorde program ended
Because of Aviation Industry plummeting because of 9/11
