important developments in the field of powered flight

By dhruv__p_101

  • First Powered Flight

    The Wright Brothers conduct the first recorded powered, sustained and controlled flight in an air flying machine

  • First Trans-Atlantic Flight

    Charles Lindbergh successfully completes the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.

  • Jet Engine is Invented

    British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine.

  • First Jet-Propelled Airplane

    The Heinkel 178 from Germany is the first fully propelled airplane to fly.

  • The first Aircraft to exceed the speed of sound

    Charles Yeager successfully pilots the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in a level flight.

  • First Commercial Boeing 747 flight

    Boeing 747 makes its first commercial flight.

  • Concorde passengers

    Concorde begins its first passenger carrying service in it's supersonic passenger airliner.

  • First Non-Stop Flight Around the World

    Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager become the first people to fly the US ultralight Voyager around the world in a 9-day non-stop flight from California to California.

  • First aircraft produced through computer-aided design and engineering

    Boeing introduces its twin engine 777, the biggest two engine jet ever to fly and the first aircraft to be produced through computer-aided design and engineering.

  • Airbus A380

    The first Airbus A380 is introduced to the world on the 25th October 2007.