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The first plane
The first plane was invented by the Wright Brothers. This plane worked with an 12 horse power engine and the plane weighed 35 Kg. The plane called "Flyer I" could turn its direccion in flight with a mechanism that consisted of ropes tied to the tips of the wings. -
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First World War
During this war, the military commanders discovered the importance of airplanes and started to invented new planes for recognition and spuing. When the allied planes began to meet with enemy planes, we started trying to introduce weapons into the airplanes. -
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Interwar Period
This time is considered the golden age of planes because a lot of people used the surviving airplanes of the great war for upgrade them and improved their engines. At this time some people started to do exhibition and transport flights. -
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Second World War
In this timespan a lot of war planes like bombers, fighters, transport and
reconnaissance aircrafts were built to win the war. -
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1945-1980
At the end of the war, fighter planes were forgotten for a time and airlines and commercial flights began to develop. During the end of the war but mostly during this timespan, the jet planes started to develop. -
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1980-Actualidad
In this time, the two most important commercial planes were designed, the Boeing 777 and the Airbus A340. This two planes have the best operating range on the planet, being able to travel more than 16,000 kilometers on a single flight. Other big planes are the Airbus A380, the Boeing 747 and the Antonov An-225. The Fastest commercial plane was the Concorde, It was the only commercial supersonic airplane but it stopped being used when the June 25, 2000
it suffered an accident.