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A King attempts to fly a kite. He starts to question flying. How does it do that? Can I fly?
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Leonardo da Vinci designs a flying machine.
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Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider. A model Glider could be made of these materials; wood, Styrofoam, plastic, etc. It is a miniature plane.
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George Cayley’s biplane design is published.
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Otto Lilienthal flies biplane gliders.
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Wright brothers make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air airplane.
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Kiwi aviator ,George Bolt, launched a glider that he had designed and built himself from the Cashmere Hills above Christchurch.
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Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.
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British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine.
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly a solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic ocean.
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The Airbus 350 is a double decker plane. It is the largest plane built and can seat 555 people
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The Martin jetpack reaches 5000 feet high. The jetpack, invented by Glenn Martin, is a small flying device for one person.
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An aeroplane that can take off and land at any airport and, fold up its wings and drive on the road.
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The Electric Aircraft flies over 200 MPH for first time ever.
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Lockheed Martin Aerospace Company is making a Box Wing concept, which brings a huge decrease in fuel consumption.
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This plane offers better efficiency with variable-cycle engines, allowing to change conventional turbofan mode during landing and takeoff.
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This plane uses hydrogen as power. This type of flight consists of the hydrogen to be cryogenically frozen.
