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Event No. 1
The Wright Brothers and the First Flight: Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright pioneered the working principles for modern aircraft by flying their Wright Flyer for just 12 seconds during a first test at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
Event No. 2
The First Commercial Flight: The first scheduled airline passengers didn't get peanuts and soft drinks, but they did get to fly between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida., in just 20 minutes — far shorter than the many hours of travel required for a steamship, train or car. The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line heralded a new way for everyone to fly despite lasting just four months after its Jan. 1, 1914, debut. -
Event No. 3
The First Cross Atlantic Flight: Flying across the Atlantic seemed like a job for either very brave or very foolish pilots, especially alone and in a single-engine aircraft such as the Spirit of St. Louis. That did not stop Charles Lindbergh from making the first transatlantic flight in 34 hours and changing the world's views on the possibilities of air travel. -
Event No. 4
Breaking the Sound Barrier: Only bullets, cannon balls and Superman had broken the sound barrier before Chuck Yeager climbed into a U.S. Air Force experimental rocket-powered aircraft on Oct. 14, 1947. The Bell X-1 used four rocket engines and a shape modelled after a machine gun bullet to help Yeager break the sound barrier and set a new milestone for future aircraft. -
Event No. 5
First Man in Space: On April 12, 1961, at 9:07 a.m. Moscow time, the Vostok 1 spacecraft blasted off from the Soviets' launch site.Over the course of 108 minutes, Vostok 1 traveled around the Earth once, reaching a maximum height of 203 miles (327 kilometres).Vostok 1 had no engines to slow its re-entry or a way to land safely. -
Event No. 6
First men on the moon: Two U.S. astronauts, Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin, became worldwide celebrities when they climbed down their lunar module ladder and set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969. -
Event No. 7
The First Space Station: Salyut 1 still helped pioneer methods for living and working in space over long periods in its 175 days in space following launch in 1971. -
Event No. 8
Space Travel and Missions: Space shuttle Columbia launched on its first historic flight on April 12, 1981 —20 years to the day after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. -
Event No. 10
Airbus A380: The Airbus A380 is world’s largest commercial airline. It was launched in 2007 and it has impressed the world with its spacious and luxurious interior. -
Event No. 9
Fighter Jet Advancements: The Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor is a fifth-generation, single-seat, twin-engined, all-weather stealth tactical fighter aircraft developed for the United States Air Force. The result of the USAF's Advanced Tactical Fighter Program, the aircraft was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but also has ground attack, electronic warfare, and signal intelligence capabilities.
