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Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier
trying to float bags made of paper and fabric. When the brothers held a flame near the opening at the bottom, the bag expanded with hot air and floated up. It is what we call a hot air balloon.
It was important because it inspired people to make airplanes and other things -
wright brothers
The Wright brothers file a patent for an aeroplane based on their No.III glider.
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France
Aéronautique Internationale (FAI), the world's air sports federation, is founded in France. It is a non-governmental, non-profit making international organisation with the basic aim of furthering aeronautical and astronautical activities worldwide. -
Rumanian
The Zeppelin LZ2 is the one that destroyed in a gale the day after its first flight.
It was the first blimp to fly. -
United States Army MB2 biplane bombers bomb and sink the German battleship Ostfriesland with six 2,000 bombs. The aircraft were under the overall command of Brigadier General William 'Billy' Mitchell.
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Friedrichshafen in Germany.
A Dornier DoX flying boat flies back from New York to its base at Friedrichshafen in Germany.
It made people want to build crazy flying things. -
The first operational use of Soviet Polikarpov U2 biplanes as 'night harassment bombers'.
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Pan American World Airways (Pan-Am)
The first all cargo air service across the North Atlantic is inaugurated by Pan American World Airways (Pan-Am) using Douglas DC6s pressurised aircraft.
It made it so we could get different kinds of things from other places -
Lufthansa-Unternehmen
Lufthansa-Unternehmen inaugurates Lockheed L101 1-500 TriStar services on its Dusseldorf to Los Angeles route. It still made people want to build the best plan.
