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Mar 12, 1487
first airplane to be invented
In 1487 Leomade drawings of a craft in which the pilot lay prone on a frame, his feet in stirrups. The motion of moving the feet together caused a downstroke from the wings. The upstroke was operated by a hand lever on the right front. Leonardo also made notes about the possibility of using a spring or pulling both feet up simultaneously to achieve the upstroke movement. Yet another design had the legs sliding up and down to control both movements and assisted by the hands which helped provide m -
Period: Dec 17, 1487 to
first airplane
Wrights used this stopwatch to time the Kitty Hawk flights. -
first airplane to fly
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had flyed the first successful airplane. The Wrights used this stopwatch to time the Kitty Hawk flights. -
Concept of a fixed "boundary layer" described in paper by Ludwig Prandtl
German professor Ludwig Prandtl presents one of the most important papers in the history of aerodynamics, an eight-page l presents one of the most important papers in the history of aerodynamics, an eight-page document describing the concept of a fixed "boundary layer," the molecular layer of air on the surface of an aircraft wing. Over the next 20 years Prandtl and his graduate students pioneer theoretical aerodynamics. -
FIRST MAN TO DIE ON PLAIN
Like Wilbur, he continued to fly over the next two weeks, carrying passengers and meeting criteria established by the Army for the purchase of an airplane. Tragedy struck on September 17, when Orville crashed at Fort Myer while flying with Selfridge, who became the first person to die in a powered airplane crash.Aug 28, 2008 -
first airline
DELAG: The World's First Airline. The world's first passenger airline, DELAG (Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft, or German Airship Transportation Corporation Ltd) was established on November 16, 1909, as an offshoot of the Zeppelin Company -
First take off from a ship
Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship. In November he departs from the deck of a cruiser anchored in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and lands onshore. In January 1911 he takes off from shore and lands on a ship anchored off the coast of California. Hooks attached to the plane's landing gear, a primitive version of the system of arresting gear and safety barriers used on modern aircraft carriers. -
first air plain to carry passengers
The first scheduled passenger airline service took off from St. Petersburg, Fla. ... The first flight of a commercial airline was in a Benoist airboat ... The airline operated for nearly four months, carrying a total of 1,205 passengers. -
first air plain used in war
Powered aircraft were first used in war in 1911, by the Italians against the Turks near Tripoli, but it was not until the Great War of 1914–18 that their use became widespread. At first, aircraft were unarmed and employed for reconnaissance, serving basically as extensions of the eyes of the ground commander. -
first airplane to be powered by jet
The Heinkel He 178 was the world's first aircraft to fly under turbojet power, and the first practical jet aircraft. It was a private venture by the German Heinkel company in accordance with director Ernst Heinkel's emphasis on developing technology for high-speed flight.
