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Pilot- Transportation Operations

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    First Designs For Flying

    First Designs For Flying
    In Italy during the Renaissance, Leonardo de Vinci made the first design of flying machines by modeling after the wings of a bird.

  • Flying With Wings

    Flying With Wings
    A French locksmith named Besnier tried to fly with wings modeled after webbed duck feet, he survived this attempt.

  • Jacques Alexandre Cesar

    Jacques Alexandre Cesar
    Jacques Alexandre Cesar Charles makes the first solo flight in a hot-air balloon. He flew over 36 kilometers at an altitude of 3,500 meters.

  • Flying Over The English Channel

    Flying Over The English Channel
    First-ever air crossing of the English Channel. The trip was completed in a hydrogen balloon and took 2 1/2 hours.

  • Sir George Cayley

    Sir George Cayley
    Sir George Cayley builds and flies the world's first successful model glider.

  • Wilbur Wright

    Wilbur Wright
    Wilbur Wright writes the Smithsonian Institute and affirms his belief that human flight was possible.

  • The Wrights' First Flight

    The Wrights' First Flight
    The Wright Brothers make their first glider flight.

  • Paul Cornu's Helicopter

    Paul Cornu's Helicopter
    First helicopter flown by Paul Cornu, a French inventor. The flight lasted only 20 seconds and hovered just 1 foot (30 cm) above the ground.

  • The Wright Brothers Create Their Company

    The Wright Brothers Create Their Company
    The Wright Company becomes incorporated with a capitalization of $1,000,000

  • Wilbur's Last Flight

    Wilbur's Last Flight
    Wilbur Wright makes his last flight as a pilot in the United States. He flew at Simm's Station in Dayton, Ohio.

  • First Successful Carrier Takeoff

    First Successful Carrier Takeoff
    Eugene Ely makes the first successful carrier takeoff from the the USS Birmingham, in Norfolk, Virginia.

  • First Mail Carried By Flight

    First Mail Carried By Flight
    September 1911 - The first air mail in the U.S. is carried by Eagle Ovington from Nassua Boulevard Aerodrome, New York to Mineola, New York.

  • Two Way Radio

    Two Way Radio
    Two-way radio contact accomplished between pilot and ground control.

  • First Commercial Air Service

    First Commercial Air Service
    1919 - First sustained international commercial passenger air service initiated between Paris and Brussels.

  • Amelia Earhart

    Amelia Earhart
    Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to cross the Atlantic.

  • The DC-3 Airliner

    The DC-3 Airliner
    December 17, 1935 - The DC-3, the first successful passenger airliner, takes off for the first time from Santa Monica, California.

  • National Air Museum

    National Air Museum
    President Truman signs a bill authorizing appropriation of $50,000 to establish a National Air Museum in the Smithsonian Institution.

  • 10,000,000 Passengers In One Day

    10,000,000 Passengers In One Day
    American Airlines flies 10,000,000 passenger-miles today, setting a new single-day mileage record for all airlines.

  • Nonstop

    Nonstop
    Voyager: first nonstop flight around the world without refueling (Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan).

  • Commercial Space Bill

    Commercial Space Bill
    Commercial Space Bill Approved By Senate – The commercial space bill is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate.