Plane

Timelines of planes

By jwil5447
  • First kites
    1000 BCE

    First kites

    Kites are invented in China
  • da Vinci designs planes
    1500

    da Vinci designs planes

    Leonardo da Vinci designs flying machines.
  • Model glider design

    Model glider design

    Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider.
  • Hot air balloon flight

    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

    Biplane design

    George Cayley’s biplane design is published.
  • first plane that was successful

    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

    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

    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

    Jet engine was invented

    The first get engine was invented by Frank Whittle a British inventor
  • First jet-propelled aircraft

    First jet-propelled aircraft

    Germany’s Heinkel 178 is the first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly.
  • Concorde passengers

    Concorde passengers

    Concorde begins its first passenger-carrying service.
  • World’s first flying car

    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

    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

    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