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the wright brothers plane
this plane was made by the wright brothers and was made in 1903 december 17th -
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history of planes
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multiplanes
these planes were multiple-wing test machines. it's successful flights were in the summer of 1904 when it reached 50ft and 1907 when it reached 500ft. -
The Red Wing
the red wing was made by the AEA in 1908. it was a great acheivment as it flew 97 metres above ice over lake keuka in hammondsport in new york. it got the name the red wing because it was made out of red silk -
the figure 8 in th june bug
J.A.D mccurdy completed the ffirst figure eight in the sky in the june bug -
the first woman passenger
the first woman to be a passenger on a plane her name was mrs henry van deman and she flew with the wright brothers -
the first world war plane
Commercial Aviation began before WWI with the introduction of passenger carrying Zeppelin Airships; between 1910 and 1914,these airships carried more than 35,000 passengers between various German cities. -
the first woman pilot
Mrs. Alys McKey Bryant was the first woman to pilot a flight. She flew a Curtiss-type biplane at Vancouver -
radio from plane to plane
the radio transmission from plane to plane was invented -
letters could be sent home by air mail
Army pilots began the Post Office’s first regular airmail route (Washington to New York). -
flight over the sea
Lieutenant-Commander A.C. Read and crew, in the Curtiss Flying Boat, were the first to fly over the Atlantic
