1903: First sustained flight with a powered airplane.
Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first to complete the first four sustained flights in North Carolina.
1910: First take off from a ship.
Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane off a ship.
1914-1918: Improvements to planes.
During world war I, controls, aerodynamics, and propulsion was improved.
1919: Passenger service introduced.
Britain and France introduced Passenger service across the English channel.
1933: First modern commercial airliner In February, Boeing introduces the 247, a twin-engine 10-passenger monoplane that is the first modern commercial airliner.
1937: Jet engines designed: Jet engines designed by Britain’s Frank Whittle and Germany’s Hans von Ohain make their first test runs.
1947: Sound barrior broken: U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles Yeager pilots the Bell X-1, it is faster than sound for the first time on October 14 over the town of Victorville, California.
1963: First small jet aircraft to enter mass production: The Learjet 23 makes its first flight on October 7.
Wilbur and Orville Wright were the first to complete the first four sustained flights in North Carolina.
1910: First take off from a ship.
Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane off a ship.
1914-1918: Improvements to planes.
During world war I, controls, aerodynamics, and propulsion was improved.
1919: Passenger service introduced.
Britain and France introduced Passenger service across the English channel.
1933: First modern commercial airliner In February, Boeing introduces the 247, a twin-engine 10-passenger monoplane that is the first modern commercial airliner.
1937: Jet engines designed: Jet engines designed by Britain’s Frank Whittle and Germany’s Hans von Ohain make their first test runs.
1947: Sound barrior broken: U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles Yeager pilots the Bell X-1, it is faster than sound for the first time on October 14 over the town of Victorville, California.
1963: First small jet aircraft to enter mass production: The Learjet 23 makes its first flight on October 7.