Concorde

The History of Flight

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  • 475 BCE

    The kite

    The kite
    The Chinese kites in ancient times were made of wood and cloth in the shape of birds. They were invented in the early Warring States Period (475 - 221 B.C.) and they played a role in providing military intelligence for the Chinese forces.
  • 1485

    Da Vinci’s designs

    Da Vinci’s designs
    Leonardo da Vinci made many drawings of wings and flying machines in the late 1400s. He kept them hidden, and they weren’t discovered until 400 years after his death.

  • The hot-air balloon flight

    The hot-air balloon flight
    Joseph and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier were two French brothers who invented the first successful hot-air balloon. The first passengers in the hot-air balloon were a rooster, a sheep, and a duck. The animals survived the landing. King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France watched this event.

  • The first powered flight

    The first powered flight
    Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the first aeroplane in the United States of America in 1903. In 1902 they made their first successful glider, on which they added a gasoline engine and a wooden propeller, made in their bicycle shop. The historic flight lasted for 12 seconds and covered about 120 feet.Today, their first airplane is exhibited in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C.

  • First trans-Atlantic flight

    First trans-Atlantic flight
    Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh's monoplane took off from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, across the Atlantic Ocean for Paris, France. He covered a distance of 5,800 km in 33 and a half hours.

  • First woman flies across the Atlantic

    First woman flies across the Atlantic
    Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight. In 1928, Earhart became the first female passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane.During an attempt to make a flight around the globe in 1937, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island.

  • Boeing 747

    Boeing 747
    Boeing 747 makes the first commercial flight. Ιt is a large wide-body airliner and cargo aircraft manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States.Their speed is just below the speed of sound (350-750 MPH).

  • Concorde

    Concorde
    Concorde begins its first passenger-carrying service. The turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet airliner operated until 2003. Concorde had a maximum speed more than twice the speed of sound.

  • The Electron rocket

    The Electron rocket
    The Electron rocket was the first New-Zealand rocket to achieve orbit. Rockets fly at speeds 5 to 10 times the speed of sound (3500 – 7000 MPH) as they orbit.