History of Flight Timeline Project

1st Real Flight - Wright Brothers

Dec 17, 1903

Wilbur and Orville Wright had achieved the first heavier-than-air, powered, manned flight and sustained fight that lasted for 12 seconds.
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Federal Aviation Agency (FAA)

Dec 31, 1958

Aviation industry leaders believed the airplane could not reach its full commercial potential without federal action to improve and maintain safety standards. As U.S. air traffic had more than doubled since the end of World War II, the agency's focus was to mitigate civil risk of midair collisions to provide for safe and efficient use of national airspace. https://www.faa.gov/about/history/brief_history/#origins

NASA’s First all-electric X-Plane

2020

NASA has been developing an alternative propulsion system designed in the X-57 Maxwell aircraft. Ground testing is preparing the way for taxi and flight tests in the near future. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/X-57-NASA-Successfully-Tests-Telemetry-Signal-All-Electric-X-plane.html