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Gustav Whitehead was the first man to fly by making a flying pedal machine
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the first ever thing to be able to fly was called the flying machine. This was not however a plane due to it being powered by pedals
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The first ever plane is built by the wright brothers
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The Wright brothers were the first to pilots ever flying together on the plane they built
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Thomas Etholen Selfridge was the first pilot to die in a crash
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Eugene Ely is the first pilot to take off from planes
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Powered aircraft were first used in war in 1911 to give a better view of the ground for troops but did not carry bombs.
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The first plane to carry cargo is made so it is quicker to get products from one country to another
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the first plane for passengers to travel in was made to travel to and from Britain and France. this plane was called the The Ilya Muromets.
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the first "full" metal plane was made to help pilots fly quicker and take up less fuel
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Bessie coleman was the first black pilot and was also a woman.
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the first lincese was not given out for many years after the invention of the plane. the first license was given to a man named MacCracken
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This was created to help pilots learn without actually flying.
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Wiley post was the first to fly around the world.
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A radar is what pilot need to know where there going.This also helps them know the location of other stuff.
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Amelia Earhart was the first woman to attempt to fly around the world but mysteriously disappeared.
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This was the first practical helicopter.
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Yuri Gagarin was the first to pilot a rocket into space.
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The first woman to actually fly around the world was Jerrie Mock.
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planes become computerized causing pilots to only have to do 2 years of college