Airplanes development

By LandonK
  • The Wright brothers make the first manned, powered, controlled flight

    The Wright brothers make the first manned, powered, controlled flight

    called the Wright Flyer

  • The NC4 is the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

  • Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight

    In The Spirit of St. Louis, traveling from New York to Paris, France.

  • The first Transatlantic Proving flights take place

    with PanAm and BOAC traveling from Newfoundland to Foynes and vice versa.

  • Transatlantic passenger flights to Foynes commence

    After WWII, landplanes take over
  • Flights are offered in the first commercial jet airliner,

    Flights are offered in the first commercial jet airliner,

  • Boeing releases 747.

    Boeing releases 747.

    its 1969 first flight, over 1,574 units built until 2023, use by NASA for shuttle transport, massive size.
  • the British Aircraft Corporation unite to develop the Concorde

    the British Aircraft Corporation unite to develop the Concorde

    the first and only supersonic civilian aircraft.
  • The first nonstop, round-the-world flight

    The first nonstop, round-the-world flight

    by solar and battery-powered airplane is completed. Airbus releases the A380 double-decker civilian passenger jet.

  • Virgin Galactic start civilian passenger flight into space.