Flight Timeline

Kite Flying In China

300 BCE

people in china flew kites long ago

hydrogen balloon is made

Aug 26, 1783

they put hydrogen into a balloon

Hot Air Balloon is made

Sep 19, 1783

montgolfier brothers invented the first hot air balloon in france

Balloon used in the military

1794

they start using hot air balloons in the french military

first zeppelin takes flight

Jul 2, 1900

zeppelin lz 1 takes flight for 20 minutes

wright brothers make the first plane

Dec 17, 1903

the first plane is made and flown by the wright brothers

zeppelins used for commercial flights

1910

they started using zeppelins to get around

flying boats take over zeppelins

1930

flying boats become more used then the zeppelins

land planes take over flying boats

1945

land planes become more used after world war 2

land planes add new technology

2000

they add more tech to planes in the 21st century to improve them