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Wilbur and Orville Wright complete the first four sustained flights with a powered airplane in North Carolina. On their best flight of the day, Wilbur covers 852 feet above the ground in 59 seconds.
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French pilot Roland Garros flew the first ever fighter plane. The plane was armed with a machine gun that shot through its propeller. While piloting the fighter plane took down 5 planes.
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In the year of 1917 Hugo Junkers built the first all metal plane. The metal was a lightweight aluminum alloy called duralumin.
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In 1930 Frank Whittle patented the turbo the jet engine.
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In 1933 Boeing created the Boeing 247, the first model airliner. It could carry 10 passengers in comfort. The Boeing 247 was twin engined and was completely metal.
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The Boeing 307 Stratoline was the first fully pressurized plane. This allowed it to fly 6.096 km high. Because it could fly so high it flew above the weather so if there was rough winds they just fly above it and the passengers would have a more comfortable ride.
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The invention of the Concorde commenced in 1969. It was the first supersonic airliner with speeds that reached double the speed of sound!
