A380

Airplane

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  • Birth of Wilbur Wright

  • Birth of Orville Wright

  • Inventors began thinking about space traveling

  • Request for a patent application

    The Wright brothers requested a patent application for a "flying machine"

  • First successful experiment with a plane

    First successful experiment where a plane carried a man by its own power, it flew naturally and in even speed, and landed without damage
  • Birth of Frank Whittle

    Birth of Frank Whittle

  • First fatal airplane crush

    First fatal airplane crush

    First fatal crash
  • Birth of Hans von Ohain

    Birth of Hans von Ohain

  • Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain developed the jet engine

  • Lippisch Ente, first aircraft to fly with the power of the jet engine

  • First successful space shuttle - Space Shuttle Columbia

    First successful space shuttle - Space Shuttle Columbia

  • Death of Frank Whittle

    Death of Frank Whittle

  • Death of Hans von Ohine

    Death of Hans von Ohine

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