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Legends of Flight
Legends inspire people to the idea of flight. -
Jan 1, 900
Gunpowder is invented
Chinese man invented gunpowder. -
Period: Sep 16, 1452 to Sep 17, 1519
Leonardo Da Vinci
Da Vinci was a big contributor to Aviation designs. -
First Air Branch
French government created the first "air" branch. -
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Andre-Jacques Garnerin
Made the first jump from 3,000ft -
George Cayley
Built the first manned Glider -
Francis Wenhan
Created the Wind Tunnel -
Otto Lilienthal
Built Powered Biplane -
Samuel Lee
Built the Aircraft Steam engine -
Count Ferdinand
Built the first successful rigid Dirigible -
Wright's Flight
Wright Flyer takes flight for the first time. -
Woman flies across the Atlantic
First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic took 20 hours 40 minutes -
Competition
Boeing won competition with the X1B-17 -
Helicopter advancements
First helicopter to retrieve soldiers behind enemy lines -
Normandy Beach
Normandy Beach was Invaded -
Hiroshima
Enola gay dropped the first Atomic Bomb -
National Security Act
The U.S. Air-force was created -
Chuck Yeager
He was the first person to fly Mach 1(speed of sound) -
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No surface Transportation
The Soviet Union initiated the Berlin Blockade -
1,398 flights per day
12,940 tons of supplies delivered per day. -
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XB-70
Needed funds to build a supersonic airplane that flew mach 3 at 70,000 feet -
Boeing 707
Boeing bring out the Boeing 707 -
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X-15 First flight
The X-15's first flight the goal was to reach 4,500 mph and 250,000 feet -
Boeing 747
Boeing brings out the Boeing 747 -
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X-15
The X-15 Exceeded goal at 4,534 mph and 314,750 feet(59.6 miles) -
Boeing 737
Boeing brings out the Boeing 737 -
Supersonic Flight
The supersonic Plane Concorde takes flight -
Boeing Planes
The Boeing 757 & 767 were brought in in the late 1980's -
Airbus
Airbus company starts to emerge a major manufacturing company. -
Boeing 727
Boeing brings out the Boeing 727
