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The hot air balloon was the first successful human-carrying flight technology.
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Sir George Cayley builds and flies the world's first successful model glider
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Clement Ader flies a steam powered, bat-winged monoplane
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The Wright Brothers make their first glider flight
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The Wright Brothers Flyer lifts into the air and last 12 seconds and 121 feet. It is the first powered, manned, heavier than air, controlled flight.
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The Wright Brothers build and fly their second machine
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The first helicopter was flown by Paul Cornu, it lasted 20 seconds and hovered 1 foot.
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The first American use of aircraft in military operations by the navy.
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First spacecraft to fly by a planet
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Boeing 747 revolutionizes mass air transport