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Aviation Timeline

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  • Orville and Wilbur Wright

    Orville and Wilbur Wright
    First successful flight in a self-propelled airplane

  • St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line

    St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line
    The world’s first scheduled airline

  • Ormer Locklear

    Ormer Locklear
    The city of Los Angeles, California, issued the first aviation law violation

  • Introduction of lightweight, air-cooled radial engines

    Introduction of lightweight, air-cooled radial engines
    Air-cooled radial engines revolutionizes aeronautics, making bigger, faster planes possible.

  • Air Mail Act

    Air Mail Act
    It provided for transportation of mail on the basis of contracts between the Post Office Department and individual air carriers

  • William P. MacCracken, Jr.

    William P. MacCracken, Jr.
    Took office as the first assistant secretary of commerce for aeronautics

  • Pilot License No. 1 issued

    Pilot License No. 1 issued
    The first private pilot license issued by the federal government to William P. MacCracken, Jr.

  • Charles Lindburgh

    Charles Lindburgh
    Made the first solo transatlantic non-stop solo flight

  • Graf Zeppelin

    Graf Zeppelin
    The most successful rigid airship ever built, first flew

  • First air traffic controller

    First air traffic controller
    Archie League became the first air traffic controller, employed by the St. Louis airport.