History of airplanes

By Jybo
  • China kites
    1000 BCE

    China kites

    The planes started out with kite designs
  • Period: 1485 to 1500

    da Vinci designs planes

    da Vinci designs planes with a sculpture
  • first powered flight

    first powered flight

    The first people to fly the first plane
  • A pilot license first

    A pilot license first

    Bessie Coleman received the first pilot's license

  • jet engine invented

    Hans von Ohain of Germany was the designer of the first operational jet engine, though credit for the invention of the jet engine went to Great Britain's Frank Whittle.
  • First jet-propelled aircraft

    First jet-propelled aircraft

    The world's first jet-powered aircraft, Heinkel He 178, was designed by Heinkel Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel.

  • Electric aircraft

    In December the world’s first fully electric aircraft for commercial flight completed a test in Canada

  • First electric flight

    the first electric plane to fly across New Zealand.