Airplanes

By kthi
  • Sep 15, 1000

    B.C Kite invented in China

    Chiniese make the first inovation which will lead to the invention of the flying machine
  • Jan 3, 1496

    First Flying Machine Tested by Da Vinci

    Leonardo Da Vinci tests his model for a flying machine

  • Fransesco de Lana Terzi designs lighter than air ship

    Air ships would be the main air trasportation for decades

  • Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs model glider

    Gliders were the gateway to planes

  • Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make the first flight in a hot air balloon

    These two men make the first free air flight by a human

  • Jean François de Rozier and Pierre Romain are the first flying fatalities.

    First fatalities due to flying

  • André Jacques Garnerin makes the first human parachute descent, from a balloon.

    Parachutes make airtravel much safer because even if the plane goes down you can still survive

  • George Kayley's biplane design is published

  • Wilbur Wright is born

    Wilbur and Orrvile Wright will make the first airplane.

  • Orrville Wright is born

    Wilbur and Orrvile Wright will make the first airplane.

  • Samuel P. Langely designs succesful steam flying machine models

    Many people thought steam powered flight was the future

  • Wright Bros make first flight

    The brothers make the first sustained controlled flight in a heavier than air machine

  • First crossing of the English Channel by Louis Blériot

    Louis makes first crossing of the English Channel in a lighter than aircraft

  • Charles Lindberg makes flight across Atlantic

    Lindberg made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic

  • Frank Whittle invents jet engine

    The jet engine revolutionized flight

  • "Chuck" Yeager breaks sound barrier in plane

    This was the fastest anyone had gone in mid air

  • Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin first man in space

    He was the first man ever to orbit the earth in a spacecraft

  • Space shuttle Columbia launched

    This was the first reusable space shuttle. Previously, shuttles would lose parts during flight and the remaning part would crash into the ocean with crew inside.

  • Terrorist crash planes into WTC

    This halted air travel for weeks after the event

  • Boeing Dreamliner makes first flight

    This plane was revolutionary because of its use of carbonfibre material

  • Last flight made by USA space station

    The final flight to space was made on this day.

  • Drones used in Air Force squadron for first time

    Drones and regular aircraft will be used in same squadron for first time

  • Falcon 7X breaks speed record

    Falcon 7x becomes the fastest aircraft