Pilot

the evolution of airline pilot

By jayla2019

  • 1908

    First passenger flight: Wilbur Wright takes an employee along for a ride

  • 1913

    1913
    Silas Christofferson carries passengers by hydroplane between San Francisco and Oakland harbors

  • 1995

    First airline tickets are sold via the Internet

  • 1911

    Burgess Co. becomes the first licensed commercial aircraft manufacturer

  • 1909

    1909
    Army Airfield established at College Park, Md., by Wilbur Wright, making it the longest continuously operating airport in the world today

  • 1910

    Orville Wright opens the first commercial flight school in Montgomery, Ala.

  • 1918

    National Air Mail service inaugurated

  • 1919

    1919
    KLM begins operation, making it the oldest carrier in the world still operating under its original name

  • 1920

    1920
    Sydney Airport opens for commercial service

  • 1930

    First female flight attendant, Ellen Church, is hired by Boeing Air Transport (now United Airlines)

  • 1933

    United Airlines begins flying coast to coast with a Boeing 247 flight lasting nearly 20 hours

  • 1993

    First ticketless travel becomes available

  • 1995

    Boeing produces twin-engine 777, the first aircraft produced via computer-aided design and engineering

  • 1998

    Smoking is banned on all domestic flights

  • 1999

    First web-based passenger check-in and online boarding passes

  • 2001

    Transportation Security Administration established in response to September 11 attacks

  • 2007

    Airbus A380 enters commercial service capable of carrying 850 passengers

  • 2009

    Transportation Security Administration formally accepts airport scanners as the primary method of pre-flight screening

  • 2011

    Airbus announces signing of the largest aircraft deal in history based on aircraft ordered: 200 planes ordered by AirAsia