Airplane timeline

Charlie Taylor from Buckeye Iron works builds the first Airplane Engine from Aluminum

Period: Jan 1, 1903 to Dec 1, 1903

in order for the plane to fly Charlie Taylor needed to build the engine from a light weight material.

The Wright brothers make 4 successful flights at Kitty Hawk

Dec 17, 1903

Orville and Wilber Wright made 4 successful short manned flights outside of North Carolina.

Wilbur Wright made the longest flight to date circling the Kitty Hawk field 30 times in 30 minutes

Oct 5, 1905

Eugene Ely lands on a military ship

Jan 18, 1911

Eugene Ely lands on a wooden deck built on The USS Pennsylvania, which lead to air craft carriers built for the military.

United States Post Office used planes to transport mail

Sep 23, 1911

First commercial flight

Jan 1, 1914

World War I paves the way for faster and lighter planes

Period: Aug 1, 1914 to Nov 1, 1918

Charles Lindbergh made the first trans Atlantic flight to Paris

May 20, 1927

First Radar invented that could detect airplanes

Period: Jan 1, 1935 to Dec 31, 1935

Boeing built first large passenger jet The 747

Feb 9, 1969

was able to carry over 10 people

The military flies the B 2 bomber

Jul 17, 1989

The B 2 was built for stealth reasons. It was unable to be detected by radar.