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This flying model is a gasoline-powered engine. The first successful flying model. With wingspans up to 15 feet high and more than half a mile.
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Created/invented by Wilbur and Orville wright of Ohio. Wilbur covers 852 feet over the ground in 59 seconds.
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The Flyer III is built by the Wright brothers. It has been tested and works.
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Walter Brookings sets an altitude record with 6,234 feet. New flying record.
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First sky-diving.
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Altitude record of 16,072 feet.
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First plane crossing the Atlantic Ocean nonstop, from Newfoundland to Ireland.
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An airplane flies for the first time over the North Pole.
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The electromechanical flight simulator is invented. First woman crosses the Atlantic Ocean by air.
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British mechanic Frank Whittle creates the jet engine.
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The Boeing 747 is a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport, often referred to by its original nickname, Jumbo Jet, or Queen of the Skies. It is among the world's most recognizable aircraft, and was the first wide-body ever produced.
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Boeing's advanced widebody 777 twin incorporates more advanced technologies than any other previous Boeing airliner, and has been progressively developed into increasingly longer range developments.
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The Boeing 777 has seating for over 300 people and it was designed to replace older, wide-body airliners.It is the world's largest twinjet and is commonly referred to as the "Triple Seven".it was differnt because for the first time, eight major airlines – All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Air Lines, Japan Airlines, Qantas, and United Airlines - had a role in the developement of the airliner design.
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Steve Fossett makes a non-stop non-refueled solo flight around the world.
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Before 2003 no regular person had ever flown in an airplane but over the years technology has improved so fast that now everything is possible, including the impossible.
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The building of jet engines that operate at higher temperatures, thus producing more power and speed for a given weight are being made today. A modern single seat fighter aircraft.
