planes and aerospace

By Yaboiatethefrostedflakes

  • François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes are the first men in a hot air balloon

    The first technology that allowed men to fly which occurred in Paris France. The balloon was made of paper and linen
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    From Hot air to Solar Energy

  • Gustave Whitehead's first powered flight

    Constructed the first engine powered flight in history predating the Wright Brothers by 2 years

  • Wright Brothers

    Wilbur and Orville Wright fly over the skies of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

  • First Transatlantic flght

    Charles Lindbergh completes the first ever solo transatlantic flight

  • Jet Engine Invented

    Frank Whittle invents the first Jet Engine

  • First Woman flight across the Atlantic

    Famed pilot Amelia Earhart completes first solo transatlantic flight for a woman

  • First jet-propelled flight

    Heinkel 178 if the first fully jet powered flight

  • First flight to exceed the speed of sound

    Charles Yeager becomes first pilot to exceed speed of sound

  • Space race begins

    The Soviet Union and United States enters the space race

  • First man made object in space

    The Soviets launched Sputnik 1, which was the driving force behind the space race

  • First living being in space

    Sputnik II, also launched by the soviets, sent female dog Laikia in to space, marking the first living organism sent into space by humans.

  • First human in space/ space walk

    Yuri Gagarin was launched into space by the Soviet ship Vostok I, marking the first man in space and the first spacewalk.

  • First object to land on the moon successfully

    The Soviet craft Luna 9 was the first madame object to successfully land on another interplanetary body

  • First men on the moon

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the two first men who managed to walk on the moon as part of the United State's Apollo program

  • Boeing 747's first year in use

    The Boeing 747, one of the most popular transport aircraft, was introduced to airlines everywhere

  • Last trip to the moon

    Apollo 17 carries men to the moon for one last time

  • Concorde carries it's first passengers

    The first flight of the Soviets Concorde supersonic transport plane

  • Longest human powered flight in history

    A man named Bryan Allen conduct the world longest human powered flight, flying over the English channel

  • First flight of the space shuttle

    Space Shuttle Columbia, America, Enters space and begins the shuttle program

  • First non stop flight around the world

    Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager complete complete their 9 day journey without stopping.

  • Challenger explodes

    The Challenger space shuttle explodes, killing all seven of their crew.

  • ISS is launched

    The International space station is officially launched and put in use

  • World record for gliding set

    Terry Delore sets the gliding world record flying 2400 kilometers within the his home country of New Zealand

  • Martin Jetpack

    The Martin Jetpack reaches and altitude of 5000 feet and was named one of the 10 best inventions of the 2010's

  • The first solar flight around the world

    Solar Impulse 2 becomes the first plane to be powered by renewable energy sources