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The Wright Plane
The plane flew a distance of 37 m - Small engine, basic design, 4 cylinder engine, 16 hp for 15 seconds -
Bleriot IX
Did a 36.6 km flight in 37 minutes - Larger engine (50 hp, 16 cylinder) It had a more aerodynamic shape and was more sleek-like -
First ever Fighter Plane
French pilot - Gun was placed in the middle of the propeller (First plane used for fighting) -
Junker J4
First completely metal plane - Built by Hugo Junkers - Even more aerodynamic -
Boeing 247
First large airliner - Twin engined - More advanced equipment than previous planes - Much faster than previous planes - Much more comfortable -
Boeing 307
First completely pressurized plane - More comfortable because it was able to fly above the weather -
Heinkel HE178
First completely jet powered plane - Very fast (700 km/h) -
Bell X-1
Broke the sound barrier - Powered by a rocket engine - Achieved 1126 km/h. 1948 - Achieved 1540 km/h. -
De Havilland Comet
First jet powered airliner prototype flies - It was faster than other airliners -
X-15
Obtained the speed of mach 6 - It was x6 faster then the Bell X-1 - Rocket engine created 57,000 pounds of force -
The Learjet
Was the first mass produced jet - Manufacturing only lasted 2 years - 104 of the first type of learjet were made - Jet engine -
Concorde
First aircraft to reach supersonic speeds - It obtained x2 the speed of sound - Used Turbojets as its engines - The jet engines were very inefficient -
Boeing 747
The most successful passenger aircraft ever made - Held the passenger capacity record for 37 years - Had 4 engines -
Voyager
The first plane to go around the world non-stop - Took 9 days - It was very light due to a carbon-composite material they used to build it -
B-2 Spirit
The most costly plane ever made (more than 1 billion dollars) - It was a high range bombing plane - It used 4 electric engines to power it -
Airbus A350
Double decker passenger plane - Can seat 555 people - biggest plane ever built - Had two engines
