Airplanes

Orville & Wilbur Wright invents the airplane

Jan 1, 1903

German professor "Ludwig Prandtl" invented boundary layers

Jan 1, 1904

Had an eight page document describing the concept of a fixed "boundary Layer"

First Take off from a ship

Nov 14, 1910

Eugene Ely was the first person to make the first carrier takeoff

First All-metal airplane introduced

Jan 1, 1917

a german professor of mechanics introduces the junkers J4

Jet engines designed

Aug 27, 1937

Jet engines designed independently by Britain’s Frank Whittle and Germany’s Hans von Ohain make their first test runs.

B-52 Bomber

Jan 1, 1950

The B-52 Bomber had 8 turbojet engines