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  about.comThe wright brothers made the first flight on an airplane.
The plane flew under its own power. - 
  
  thepeoplehistory.comThe French engineer Louis Berliot developed a much better combat plane.
In 1909 Berliot invinted the monoplane. - 
  
  factmonster.comIt was the first successful comercial jetliner.
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  factmonster.comBoeing 747s (jumbo jet) has flown more than 3.5 billion passengers.
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  usatoday.comSome major airlines collapsed during the middle portion of the century.
Some carriers dissapered following the Gulf war. - 
  
  factmonster.comIt flies about as high as the halph centry old B-52
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  airplane.comIt has 16 percent more space than the Boeing 747.
It has better features like redesined wing and longer fuselage. - 
  
  airplanes.comIt can hold ten passengers.
It is a mid sized jet which can cover 3,600 miles - 
  
  airplanes.comIt came out of a Chicago base but was made in South Carolina.
The most succesful launch of a new commercial airplane in Boeing history - 
  
  airplanes.comIt enables pilots to see through dust storms.
(ADAS) increases pilot situational awarness.