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Wright Flyer
First airplane lift off
Orville and Wilbur Wright make first powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine. With Orville Wright as pilot, the airplane took off from a launching rail and flew for 12 seconds and a distance of 37 meters (120 feet). -
Bleriot IX
Louis Bleriot, creates an Airplane Bleriot IX and makes first airplane crossing of English Channel. Bleriot completed the 22.7-mile (36.6 km) flight from Calais, France, to Dover, UK, in just 37 minutes, flying at around 40 mph (64 km/h). -
First Fighter Plane
French pilot Roland Garros took to the air in an airplane armed with a machine gun that fired through its propeller. -
Spirit of St. Louis
Charles A. Lindbergh completes first solo, nonstop trans-Atlantic flight on this Airplane. New York-Paris. -
Invention of jet engine
Sir Frank Whittle is often given credit for the invention of the turbojet engine which made jet airplanes possible. -
Boeing 247
A modern airliner, Boeing 247, flies for the first time in 1933. The Boeing Model 247 is considered the first modern airliner. It was an all metal, twin-engine, retractable gear, streamlined airliner that could take ten passengers in air conditioned comfort. -
Boeing 307 Stratoliner
First pressurized aircraft takes first flight. The Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner was the first fully pressurized airliner to enter service anywhere in the world. Being able to fly 20,000 feet higher than the 5,000 to 10,000 foot-altitude unpressurized airplanes a that time, it was said that it could "fly above the weather." -
Heinkel HE 178
Germany's Heinkel 178 is the first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly. The 'Heinkel He 178' was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet plane, a pioneering example of this type of aircraft. -
Bell X-1
Charles E. Yeager pilots Bell X-1--the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. -
de Havilland DH 106 Comet
The De Havilland Comet becomes first jet-powered aircraft to offer regular passenger service. -
X-15
First winged aircraft to achieve Mach 4, 5, & 6 and to operate at altitudes above 30,500 meters (100,000 feet). -
Concorde
Concorde in Flight
Only 20 Concordes were built, six for development and 14 for commercial service. One of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service. Concorde had a cruise speed of mach 2.04 and a cruise altitude of 60,000 feet (17,700 metres) with a delta wing configuration and an evolution of the afterburner equipped engines originally developed for the Avro Vulcan strategic bomber. -
B-2 Spirit
This is the most expensive aircraft in the world. Its cost is more than billion dollars. The B-2 has a wingspan of 172 feet and is 69 feet long. The B-2's maximum gross weight, including fuel and payload, is 336,500 pounds.The B-2 is capable of carrying more than 40,000 pounds of conventional or nuclear weapons. Without refueling, its range is more than 6,000 nautical miles; with one refueling, the B-2 can fly more than 10,000 nautical miles. -
Airbus A380
Airbus' double-decker passenger jet, the A380, is the largest airliner ever built.The 555 seat, double deck Airbus A380 is the most ambitious civil aircraft program yet. A380 is the world's largest airliner. It is able to fly a distance of over 10,000 miles, the plane's usefulness will not be limited to long-haul flights. -
Cruise in The Sky
websiteThe next generation of cruise ships will be in the sky, not the sea, with packages to suit everyone – complete with swimming pools, spas and even golf courses. Hundreds of flights already take place on popular long-distance routes like from Europe to the U.S., Asia or Australia and there will be a lot more by 2050. -
