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2 American brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright, built and flew the first plane on December 17, 1903
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Louis flew successfully across the English Channel on July 25, 1909
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In 1921 Bessie Coleman became the first african american women to be rewarded an international pilot licence and in 1922 the first public flight in the United States.
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On May 20-21,1927 Charles Lindbergh was the first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean.
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In the 1930s Frank Whittle invented the first jet.
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Wiley Post was the first person to fly solo across the world on july 22, 1933.
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Amelia Earhart was the first female to fly across the Atlantic Ocean but mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific in 1937.
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On August 27, 1939 Erich Wersitz, a test pilot for the German Air Force, flew the first jet.
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umm... well this is what a plane looks like now i guess =]
