The evolution of Airplanes

By Alec Gates5
  • First Airplane

    First Airplane

    The Wright Brothers made the first working airplane
  • First death

    First death

    The First recorded death from an airplane crash was Thomas Selfridge.

  • First far flight

    The first plane to go over the English channel
  • First military aircraft

    First military aircraft

    This aircraft was used for scouting and surprising the enemy

  • first commercial flight

    This was the first-ever official commercial flight where they would fly people over the English channel
  • First weaponized plane

    First weaponized plane

    This was the first plane that had a gun that could shoot around the ark of the propeller
  • First plane across the Atlantic

    First plane across the Atlantic

    Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown were the first people to fly a nonstop flight across the Atlantic \
  • First jet engine/ jet made

    First jet engine/ jet made

    von Ohain was the first person to make a jet engine which led to the jet later in that same year