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This is the event that kick started aviation. The significance of this event is extremely important this kick started aviation and made other people get into aviation.
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This contest made a lot of people wanting to get into Aviation to win that money and a lot of people began to know about planes from this contest.
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This was very significant because people saw what he did and then they wanted to learn more about Aviation which got more people in Europe interested in Aviation.
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In 1909 President Roosevelt sees a great use for planes. The government then purchases the Wright's plane and this is important because it helped the Army get ideas for other planes and how to build them.
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On January 1 1914 the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled passenger airline service. It offered rides between St. Petersburg and Tampa.
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WW1 from start to end planes speed increased by 50 mph and altitude increased by 14,000 feet. This was 2x the speed and altitude than before.
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During WW1 planes were introduced to bombing, they had armored propellers and became a lot lighter during WW1. This made cutting off supply routes really easy.
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After World War 1 airplane production dropped by 85% This severely affected the Aviation community but all of them recovered after a couple a day.
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May 15, 1918 an Air Mail act was issued by the United States Post Office Department. This act added more routes for planes and Air Mail stamps were issued.
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November 11, 1918 WW1 had just ended and plane production was at an all time high but after the War, plane production came to a halt and little to no planes were being made. This greatly affected the Aviation Industry but it recovered a few years later.
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This was really significant in the knowledge that planes do exist and rural area got to see them for the first time and they inspired many people to take Aviation.
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Billy Mitchell introduced new ideas for aviation and pioneered special bombing and bays. This enabled bombing targets 50x more accurate than before.
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1920 Ralph Pulitzer starts air races for military airplanes, he wanted to publicize aviation and get more people into it.
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1920-1933 Germany built military planes under the disguise of commercial planes. This is extremely important because this gave Germany their air power.
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It established Federal regulations of the aircraft and airport facility. This Act was very important because it founded the first Air Traffic Control System.
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September 1, 1927 the first air mail route was created. The route was from NYC to Paris. This was extremely important because countries could communicate with each other better now.
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In 1932 Amelia Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Boeing 247 was very advanced and it had brand new technology in it. This plane revolutionized aviation and set a new expectation for planes.
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In 1935 the Luftwaffe/Germany's air force was formed. They made commercial airplanes in different countries then brought them to Germany in disguise and they were turned into warplanes for the Luftwaffe.
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July 28, 1935 the Boeing 299/B-17 Flying Fortress was created. This plane outclassed their competition planes this plane was better in every aspect it was faster it could hold more weight and it had longer endurance.
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In 1936 the French air force was born. This was extremely important for them maintaining air power during WW2.
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The Civil Aeronautics Act was signed by President Roosevelt in 1938. This act allowed civilian pilot training for the World War II
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In 1939 the presidential message to Congress happened. This marked of the beginning to arm air corps expansion for WW2.
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1940-1941 The U.S. Air Force starts mass producing planes for WW2.
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July 10, 1940-October 31, 1940 The Battle of Britain happened and the British held off Germany from attacking their country.
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During 1941 Germany tried invading Russia but they failed, Germany lost 60% of their forces and this happened due to Germany not claiming air superiority.
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December, 2 1941 Japanese air units attack Pearl Harbor.
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December 11, 1941 Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
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April 18, 1942 United States Doolittle Raiders performed the biggest air raid in history. Sixteen B-25B bombers were launched from the USS Hornet without fighter escort and they went to Tokyo, Japan to bomb their city.
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300,000 pilots were trained all the way up into 1944 and these pilots were trained by the U.S. Army
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1944, June 6 The Allied Invasion of Normandy. Over 1,000-1500 planes were used during this Invasion.
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March 9-10 1945 Tokyo was attacked by 334 U.S. B-29 Super-fortress Bombers. This was the most destructive air raid in history over 100,00 people were killed.
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August 6, 1945 the Enola Gay dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, 78,000 people were killed.
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August 9, 1945 U.S. Air Force dropped the 2nd Atomic bomb on Nagasaki, 40,000 people were killed.
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September 2, 1945 Japan surrenders to the U.S.
