Samolet na fone krasivogo neba. 279

Key events and inventions in air traveling

By Stepan Pokidov
  • Jun 27, 1492

    First theories

    First theories
    Leonardo da Vinci firstly seriously theorized about flying machines with over 100 drawings that illustrated his theories on flight.

  • The first flight

    The first flight
    The Montgolfier brothers invent the first hot air balloons

  • The first mass air travel

    The first mass air travel
    Ferdinand von Zeppelin invents the first successful dirigible - the Zeppelin

  • The first airplane

    The first airplane
    The Wright Brothers invent and fly the first engined airplane

  • The first helicopter

    The first helicopter
    Professor George Botezat built he first stable controlled helicopter that was able to take off with a load to a height of 5 m.

  • The first supersonic jet flight

    The first supersonic jet flight
    Charles Elwood Yeager on his plane Bell X-1 with rocket-powered engine XLR-11 made the first supersonic flight

  • First mass-produced aircraft

    First mass-produced aircraft
    By 1952, the British state airline BOAC had introduced the first commercial jet airliner which was the British de Havilland Comet into scheduled service.

  • New level of comfort

    New level of comfort
    USSR's Aeroflot became the first airline in the world to operate sustained regular jet services which established new levels of comfort, safety and passenger expectations, ushered in the age of mass commercial air travel, dubbed the Jet Age.

  • The first supersonic passenger aircraft

    The first supersonic passenger aircraft
    Aeroflot started regular service on the Tu-144