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It first begins with Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne demonstrating designs for their hot air balloon.
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The first aircraft was a Hot Air Ballon only capable of flying 6,600 feet high of a distance of just over a mile
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The invention of the first Glider was in the early 1800's.
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Sir George Cayley created the curved aerofoil that helped lift aircraft.
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Clement Ader flew his steam-powered plane at a height of eight inches for 165 feet.
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Wilbur and Orville Wright have a successful flight at North Carolina.
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The Wright Brothers were able to keep the airplane in air for 39 minutes and are able to now preform complex maneuvers.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont created a plane that was able to take off and fly without the use of a catapult.
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The Wright Brothers have their first public flights in France.
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The U.S. Army’s Signal Corps purchased a specific type of plane for military use.
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The Wright Brothers open their business for the use of crafting and selling airplanes.
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During WWI, the first plane with mounted machine-guns is used in battle
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The first commercial flights ever start and only go from the U.S. to Canada
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The German Heinkel He 178, was the first jet engine plane to ever be made
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The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the first jet plane to have fighting capabilities.
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American Export Airlines was the first major airline to offer transport between America to Europe.
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the X-1 Jet was the first jet plane to reach a speed faster than sound.
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The Invention of the Jumbo Jet caused a large boost in Commercial Airlines
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By 1980, almost half the total flying took place in the U.S.
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15,631,000 Flights took place in America this year carrying countless amounts of people to different places all of the world
