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One of the first inventions that involved flight
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This aircraft was powered by steam
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This aircraft was powered by steam
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This was the year that people started thinking that gasoline powered planes were possible
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This was when the first plane was built, so this was also the day when someone became a pilot.
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This was the day the first plane was built, this was also the first day someone became a pilot.
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This was the day Eugene Ely (a famous pilot) Had the first ever plane departure from a boat.
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This was the year Britain and France decided to have pilots take passengers across the English channel.
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A big problem for pilots was the engines would over heat. But on this year air cooled engines were manufactured.
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This was the year pilots could feel what it's like to fly a plane without flying it.
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A radar is what pilot need to know where there going. The first radar that actually was practical was developed this year.
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This was the first practical helicopter.
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This was the year a pilot went faster than sound
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First jet powered commercial aircraft
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Pilots in the military now had a aircraft that would drop bombs on the enemies.
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Planes have a makeover and are made to reduce drag more efficiently.
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This as the first small jet to be mass produced.
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The most successful aircraft was produced.
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Someone flies all the way around the world.
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Northrop Grumman develops the B-2 bomber, with a "flying wing" design. Made of composite materials rather than metal, it cannot be detected by conventional radar. At about the same time, Lockheed designs the F-117 stealth fighter, also difficult to detect by radar.
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This planed was designed by computer instead of blueprints.
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Now pilots are required to attend 2 year colleges if they want to fly people.
