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Original Plane
The first plane was created and flown by the Wright brothers. Constructed out of spruce logs and a crude hand made gasoline engine. -
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First Metal Airplane
Hugo Junkers, a German professor of mechanics introduces the Junkers J4, an all-metal airplane built mostly of a lightweight aluminum alloy called duralumin -
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Mail by airplane
The U. S. Postal Service creates airmail service from Polo Grounds in Washington, D.C., on May 15. Two years later, on February 22, 1920, the first transcontinental airmail service arrives in New York from San Francisco in 33 hours and 20 minutes, nearly 3 days faster than mail delivery by train. -
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First Commercial Plane
In February, Boeing introduces the 247, a twin-engine 10-passenger monoplane that is the first modern commercial airplane. -
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First Helicopter (Based off of a planes design)
First single rotor helicopter was made by the russian military. -
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First time breaking the time barrier
Charles Yeager becomes the fastest man alive when he piloted the Bell X-1 faster than sound for the first time on October 14 over Victorville, California. -
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Boeing 747
The largest passenger plane ever made. First Passenger planes to be mass produced. They shaped the way planes are made today.