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1000 BCE
First kites
Kites are invented in China -
1500
da Vinci designs planes
Leonardo da Vinci designs flying machines. -
Model glider design
Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider. -
Hot air balloon flight
The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was on 21 November 1783 in Paris, France in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. -
Biplane design
George Cayley’s biplane design is published. -
first plane that was successful
the fist plane ever successfully invented was the wright flyer made by the wright brothers and was built 1903 in NC.It took 4 years just too built. It was a one person plane and only went up to 30 mph -
First plane for the public
The first person ever scheduled passenger ever was flown from St. Petersburg, FL to Tampa FL and was flown by the wright brothers. -
First licensed pilot
Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first African American to get an international aviation license from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. -
Jet engine was invented
The first get engine was invented by Frank Whittle a British inventor -
First jet-propelled aircraft
Germany’s Heinkel 178 is the first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly. -
Concorde passengers
Concorde begins its first passenger-carrying service. -
World’s first flying car
an aeroplane that can take off and land at any airport and, with the push of a button, fold up its wings and drive down the road. -
Electric aircraft
n December the world’s first fully-electric aircraft for commercial flight completed a test in Canada -
New Zealand's first electric flight
On 1 November 2021 Gary Freedman flew New Zealand's only electric plane, (just one of around 30 in the world), from Blenheim to Welllington
