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Literally the first time any one "flew". Strapped rockets to a chair
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He made plans for the first known helicopter and parachute
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Jesuit Priest who studied balloon flight, using a ballast for control
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Discovered flammable air, which later became named hydrogen.
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Their balloon lit on fire and a lot of their work was burned.
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They flew their balloon an entire mile and reached a height of 6,000 ft.
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They picked 2 citizens to fly in the great balloon, and it flew 5 miles in 25 min.
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He suggested that they change the shape of the balloon.
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The French government created an air branch in the military for balloon use.
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This inventor flew the balloons to one of the highest heights at 3,000 ft.
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A woman finally flew in a balloon for the first time.
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First researcher on planes, created a famous paper that had a lot of ground breaking science.
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Cayley managed to develop the first manned glider.
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The first differently shaped balloon, it had a 3 hp engine and was called a dirigible.
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The civil war opened up new times to use balloons in the war.
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The first dirigible made a steered round trip back to its original starting point.
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This year, Zeppelin created the first rigid dirigible called zeppelins.
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The first man powered airplane flight, invented by the Wrights.
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The German zeppelins carried over 34,000 people a distance of 107,208 miles collectively.
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Allowed pilots to do mail runs for postal services and the contractors got 80% of the profits. Created demand for cargo planes
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Allowed Air mail to give bonuses to those who deliver more.
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Charles Lindbergh made the flight from New York City to Paris.
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first women to fly across the Atlantic by herself.
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The first jet was flown by Germany leading the way for different sources of thrust, pulse jet engine and rocket propelled
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Germany over steps its boundaries and declares war on France and England
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Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to try and eliminate the naval force of the US in the pacific
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It allowed the rescue of downed pilots behind enemy lines because of the vertical takeoff
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The Allies invaded Norway which was under Axis control. Between the US and RAF they had 1,000-1,500 plane in the air
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Because of the vibration and friction caused by going faster then sound it paved the way for the future in super sonic airplanes and jets
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The atomic bomb was created in the US and was dropped on Japan twice to force them out of the war. It also brought up questions about the morals of Airplanes and their uses
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After WWII the US and Soviet Union were in a stand off for militant power, causing enchantments in airplanes and rocketry as well as stealth
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After WWII the US Air Force is created with the passing of the National Security Act
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After the WWII the Berlin airlift was the cause of airliners still being used and still supplying jobs and was one of the first stale mates with the Soviet Union
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Over the span of the war we advanced in helicopters and saw the usefulness of them when it came to dense forest or jungle were a plane would be more supceptable to attacks
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The release of this aircraft revolutionized the commercial industry of aviation. Out classed every airliner in every aspect
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Because of new technology and the need to care for the environment, airliners became stronger, lighter, nonmetallic, and more fuel efficient.
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The government left the control of the Aviation market to the market itself