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Montgolfier brothers constructed the first "lighter than air vehicle". The balloon.
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Count Ferdinand zepplin's airship flies. http://www.century-of-flight.net/
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Orville and Wilbur Wright fly first successful self-propelled airplane http://www.century-of-flight.net/
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Louis Bleriot crosses English Channel in a monoplane
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Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first licensed female pilot http://www.aviation-history.com/
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Salim Ilkucan crosses Sea of Marmara by achieving the longest over-sea flight in a doubleplane http://www.century-of-flight.net/
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United States Post Office establishes airmail service
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Bessie Coleman becomes the first licensed African-American aviator in the world
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First flight around the world
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Air Commerce Act marks first federal attempt to set safety regulations for civil aeronautics and requires the registration and licensing of pilots and planes http://www.century-of-flight.net/
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean http://www.aviation-history.com/
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Boeing 247 is built
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Zeppelin Hindenburg burns
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Radar bounces off the moon for the first time
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The first American satellite to be placed in orbit around the Earth, "Explorer 1", is launched
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Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first persons to walk on the moon
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The first time a golf ball is hit on the moon
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Boeing 747 makes its first commercial flight from New York to London http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/index.html
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First Space Shuttle flight
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Sally Ride, the first American female astronaut, becomes the first U.S. woman to go up in space on the Space Shuttle Challenger
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Challenger Space Shuttle explodes shortly after takeoff, all seven crew members die
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Bertrand Piccard and his Solar Impulse team make aviation history by flying more than 24 consecutive hours non-stop in a solar airplane.
