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Pilot

By cng6431

  • First Flying Model

    First Flying Model
    Samuel Pierpont builds the first successful flying model.

  • First Flight

    First Flight
    The Wright brothers complete the first flight ever lasting only 59 seconds.

  • Take Off From A Ship

    Take Off From A Ship
    Eugene Ely is the first man to fly a plane off a ship.

  • Major Improvements

    Major Improvements
    Planes needed to be faster and more up to date for WW1 everything about the plane was updated.

  • National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

    National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
    This organization is formed to do major research on planes and aerodynamics.

  • Airmail Service

    Airmail Service
    The U.S Postal Service gets air mail where mail can be flown from place to place. The first service was from San Francisco to New York which took 33 hours and 20 minutes.

  • U.S Navy's Airplane Is The First To Cross The North Atlantic

    U.S Navy's Airplane Is The First To Cross The North Atlantic
    The U.S Navy makes a new plane the crossed the North Atlantic with the pilots John Alcock and Albert Brown.

  • Introduction of Radial Engines

    Introduction of Radial Engines
    A new engine is introduced that has the possibility to make bigger planes and completely revolutionizes flying.

  • First Nonstop Flight Across The Atlantic

    First Nonstop Flight Across The Atlantic
    Charles Lindbergh is the first man to cross the Atlantic alone in his plane.

  • First Airliner

    First Airliner
    Boeing introduces the 247 which has room for 10 passengers and is a commercial airplane.

  • Jet Engines Designed

    Jet Engines Designed
    The first jet engines are designed and thought about for use.

  • First Helicopter

    First Helicopter
    The first single rotor helicopter is made for the U.S by a Russian which spikes helicopters as a whole.

  • WW2 Innovations

    WW2 Innovations
    WW2 opens up new innovations and starts a new generation of planes making them better than ever before.

  • First Person To Break The Sound Barrier

    First Person To Break The Sound Barrier
    Captain Charles Yeager is the first person to break the sound barrier with his plane over California.

  • B-52 Bomber

    B-52 Bomber
    The B-52 bomber is made and can hold 500,000 pounds of weight.

  • First Jet Aircraft To Enter Mass Production

    First Jet Aircraft To Enter Mass Production
    The Learjet 23 is the first jet to enter mass production with more that 100 sold.

  • The Boeing 747

    The Boeing 747
    The Boeing 747 is introduced. This plane is probably the most popular plane in the world and is/was used a lot.

  • B-2 Bomber Developed

    B-2 Bomber Developed
    The B-2 bomber is developed which cannot be detected by radar making it more useful.

  • First Aircraft Produced Through Computer Aided Design

    First Aircraft Produced Through Computer Aided Design
    Boeing 777 was the first plane to be designed and produced by computer aided engineering.

  • Programs Team Up

    Programs Team Up
    NASA teams up with American and Russian aerospace industries to develop new planes and rockets. They build new technology for the 21st century.