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History of the Airplane

By josnelson
  • Airplane was invented

    Airplane was invented

    Brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright invented the airplane in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
  • First airplane fatality

    First airplane fatality

    Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Thomas Etholen Selfridge was the first person to die in an airplane fatality
  • First woman pilot

    First woman pilot

    Baroness Raymonde de la Roch became the first women to get her pilot license.
  • First African American combat pilot

    First African American combat pilot

    Eugene Jacques Bullard became the first African American combat pilot.

  • Two men - transatlantic flight

    Two men flew a nonstop transatlantic flight that took over 16 hours and 27 minutes.

  • First around the world flight

    8 U.S. Army Air Service pilots and mechanics took the first around the world flight
  • First Solo nonstop transatlantic flight

    First Solo nonstop transatlantic flight

    Charles Lindbergh was the first person to complete a 33.5-hour solo on a nonstop transatlantic flight

  • First helicopter flight

    German engineer Heinrich Focke took the first helicopter flight.

  • Fastest plane flight

    U.S. Air Force captain Charles Yeager was the first to pilot a plane flying faster than the speed of sound