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The Montgolfier brothers built a balloon made of silk and lined with paper that was 33 feet (10 meters) in diameter and launched it — with nobody aboard — from the marketplace in Annonay on June 4, 1783. The balloon rose 5,200-6,600 feet (1,600-2,000 meters), stayed aloft for 10 minutes and traveled more than a mile — about 2 kilometers.
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At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the Wright Flyer became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
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John Glenn was the first American Astronaut to orbit the Earth. He not only did it once but three times.
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Neil Armstrong and ¨Buzz¨ Aldrin were the first men to step foot on the moon in 1969. They left behind their footprints, pieces of their spacecraft, and the American flag.
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This specific airplane holds the world record of being the fastest airplane to be flown. The record has not yet been broken.
