Pilot

By tcm1429

  • first winged craft

    first winged craft
    One of the first inventions that involved flight

  • First aircraft to use require a fuel

    First aircraft to use require a fuel
    This aircraft was powered by steam

  • First aircraft to use require a fuel

    First aircraft to use require a fuel
    This aircraft was powered by steam

  • The first model

    The first model
    This was the year that people started thinking that gasoline powered planes were possible

  • Pilot

    This was when the first plane was built, so this was also the day when someone became a pilot.

  • The first pilot

    The first pilot
    This was the day the first plane was built, this was also the first day someone became a pilot.

  • First takeoff from a ship

    First takeoff from a ship
    This was the day Eugene Ely (a famous pilot) Had the first ever plane departure from a boat.

  • Pilots with passangers

    Pilots with passangers
    This was the year Britain and France decided to have pilots take passengers across the English channel.

  • Evolution of the plane engines

    Evolution of the plane engines
    A big problem for pilots was the engines would over heat. But on this year air cooled engines were manufactured.

  • First simulator

    First simulator
    This was the year pilots could feel what it's like to fly a plane without flying it.

  • Sight for pilots

    Sight for pilots
    A radar is what pilot need to know where there going. The first radar that actually was practical was developed this year.

  • Helicopter

    Helicopter
    This was the first practical helicopter.

  • Fast

    Fast
    This was the year a pilot went faster than sound

  • First jet powered commercial aircraft

    First jet powered commercial aircraft
    First jet powered commercial aircraft

  • B-52 bomber

    B-52 bomber
    Pilots in the military now had a aircraft that would drop bombs on the enemies.

  • New design

    New design
    Planes have a makeover and are made to reduce drag more efficiently.

  • Mass production

    Mass production
    This as the first small jet to be mass produced.

  • Boeing 747

    Boeing 747
    The most successful aircraft was produced.

  • Milestone

    Milestone
    Someone flies all the way around the world.

  • B-2 bomber

    B-2 bomber
    Northrop Grumman develops the B-2 bomber, with a "flying wing" design. Made of composite materials rather than metal, it cannot be detected by conventional radar. At about the same time, Lockheed designs the F-117 stealth fighter, also difficult to detect by radar.

  • First aircraft produced through computer

    First aircraft produced through computer
    This planed was designed by computer instead of blueprints.

  • Computers

    Computers
    Now pilots are required to attend 2 year colleges if they want to fly people.