Airplanes Through the Ages

By Seth the cool kid
  • Period: to

    Year

  • First powered flight

    First powered flight

    The Wright brothers acheived the first powered flight near Kittyhawk, North Carolina
  • Airplane used in war

    Airplane used in war

    Aircraft were used in WW1
  • First airmail

    First airmail

    Us uses airmail
  • First trans-Antlantic flight

    First trans-Antlantic flight

    Charles Limbeurg has the first trans-Atlantic flight
  • First passenger jet

    First passenger jet

    Boeing makes the 247 plane
  • Sound barrier broken

    Sound barrier broken

    U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager breakes the sound barrier in the Bell X-1
  • Boeing 747

    Boeing 747

    Boeing makes the Boeing 747
  • Fastest airplane

    Fastest airplane

    The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the official record for air speed with 2,193 mph
  • Airplane/helicopter

    Airplane/helicopter

    The V-22 Osprey is a plane that can takeoff like a helicpoter.
  • B-2 Bomber

    B-2 Bomber

    The B-2 bomber is developed