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Legends inspire people to the idea of flight.
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Chinese man invented gunpowder.
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Da Vinci was a big contributor to Aviation designs.
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French government created the first "air" branch.
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Made the first jump from 3,000ft
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Built the first manned Glider
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Created the Wind Tunnel
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Built Powered Biplane
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Built the Aircraft Steam engine
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Built the first successful rigid Dirigible
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Wright Flyer takes flight for the first time.
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First woman to fly solo across the Atlantic took 20 hours 40 minutes
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Boeing won competition with the X1B-17
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First helicopter to retrieve soldiers behind enemy lines
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Normandy Beach was Invaded
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Enola gay dropped the first Atomic Bomb
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The U.S. Air-force was created
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He was the first person to fly Mach 1(speed of sound)
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The Soviet Union initiated the Berlin Blockade
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12,940 tons of supplies delivered per day.
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Needed funds to build a supersonic airplane that flew mach 3 at 70,000 feet
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Boeing bring out the Boeing 707
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The X-15's first flight the goal was to reach 4,500 mph and 250,000 feet
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Boeing brings out the Boeing 747
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The X-15 Exceeded goal at 4,534 mph and 314,750 feet(59.6 miles)
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Boeing brings out the Boeing 737
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The supersonic Plane Concorde takes flight
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The Boeing 757 & 767 were brought in in the late 1980's
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Airbus company starts to emerge a major manufacturing company.
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Boeing brings out the Boeing 727
