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First successful flying model propelled by an internal combustion engine
In 1901 Samuel Pierpont Langley built a gasoline powered version of his tandem winged Aerodromes .This was the first successful flying model to start by an internal combustion engine. -
the 1903 Wright Flyer
In 1903 two brothers from Dayton , Ohio Wilbur and Orville Wright completed 4 flights with a powered, controlled airplane in Kill Devil Hills. Wilbur covered 852 feet over the ground in 59 seconds. -
a fixed boundary layer
Professor Ludwig Prandtl presented one of the most important papers in aerodynamic history. It was an eight page document describing a fixed boundary layer. The molecular layer of air on the surface of an aircraft wing. Over the next 20 years Prandtl and his graduate students pioneer theoretical aerodynamics. -
Dramatic improvements
During World War I the requirements of higher speed & higher altitude drove to dramatic improvements in aerodynamics and control and propulsion system design. -
first solo
Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo flight nonstop from New York to Paris, France. -
flight offered
Flights were offered in the first commercial jet airliner the de Havilland DH 106 Comet. -
first civilian airplane
In the 1970s Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation united to develop the Concorde .This was the the first and only supersonic civilian aircraft. -
space
In the 1980s The first reusable spacecraft Space Shuttle was launched.