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PLANES
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Wright Flyer
The first flight of an object heavier than air commenced in 1903 by the Wright brothers. The distance of 37m. -
Bleriot IX
In 1909 Louis Bleriot invented the the first monoplane called Bleriot IX. Bleriot completed a 36.6km flight from Calais, France to Dover,UK, in 37 minutes. -
Gyrostabilizer
1914 was the year Lawrence Sperry demonstrates the automatic gyrostabilizer. This kept planes level and flying in a straight line. 2 years later he improved on the gyrostabilizer by adding steering mechanism to create automatic pilot. -
The First Fighter Plane
French pilot Roland Garros flew the first ever fighter plane. The plane was armed with a machine gun that shot through its propeller. While piloting the fighter plane took down 5 planes. -
Junker J4
In the year of 1917 Hugo Junkers built the first all metal plane. The metal was a lightweight aluminum alloy called duralumin. -
Lightweight Aircooled Radial Engines
In 1925 the Lightwieght aircooled radial engines were invented and with them planes can be bigger and faster. -
Jet Engine
In 1930Frank Whittle patented the turbo the jet engine. -
Boeing 242
In 1933 Boeing created the boeing 242, the first model airliner. It could carry 10 passengers in comfort. The Boeing 242 was twin engined and was completely metal. -
Boeing 307
The boeing 307 stratoline was the first fully pressurized plane. This allowed it to fly 6.096 km high. Because it could fly so high it flew above the weather so if there was rough winds they just fly above it and the passengers would have a more comfortable rid -
Bell X-1
The Bell X-I broke the sound barrier on the 14 of October 1947 by Captain 'Chuck' Yeager.
