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In 1000 B.C. it is documented that the Chinese used kites
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English King Bladud is reportedly killed after trying to fly
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Leonardo DaVinci drew drafts for the first flying machine
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Bartolomeu de Gusmao designs a model glider
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George Cayley designs a biplane and publishes it
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Otto Lilienthal flies a biplane glider
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The Wright Brothers invent the first working plane.
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A plane much like the Wright Brothers' plane is created by Richard Pearse and flies in New Zealand
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The first successful European plane made by Alberto Santos-Dumont flies in 1906.
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In 1911 Kiwi Aviator George Bolt, age 18, flies a glider from the Cashmere Hills.
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In 1927 Charles Lindbergh conducts the first transatlantic flight with his plane the Spirit of St Louis.
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In 1930 Frank Whittle invents the jet engine
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to conduct a solo transatlantic flight.
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In 1939 Germany invents the first jet-propelled aircraft, the Heinkel He 178.
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In 1947 pilot, Charles Yeager flies the first aircraft to break the sound barrier
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Space Mission, Apollo 11 is the first ever to land on the moon.
