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The Wright Brothers had the first flight on this day. It was in North Carolina and it lasted 20 feet wide.
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Eugene Ely pilots a Curtiss biplane on the first flight to take off from a ship.
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Hugo Junkers, a German professor of mechanics introduces the Junkers J4, an all-metal airplane built largely of duralumin.
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On this day Charles Lindbergh flew over the Atlantic Ocean. He traveled 3600 miles from New York to Paris.
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A twin engine 10 passenger monoplane is introduced for being the first modern commercial airliner.
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Jet engines designed independently by Britain’s Frank Whittle and Germany’s Hans von Ohain make their first test runs.
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U.S. Air Force pilot Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager becomes the fastest man alive when he pilots the Bell X-1 faster than sound for the first time on October 14 over the town of Victorville, California.
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The airplane De Havilland Comet makes its first flight on July 27.
