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The Wright brothers make the first manned, powered, controlled flight.
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the NC4 is the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
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Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in The Spirit of St. Louis, traveling from New York to Paris, France.
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The first Transatlantic Proving flights take place, with PanAm and BOAC traveling from Newfoundland to Foynes and vice verse.
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Transatlantic passenger flights to Foynes commence. After WWII, landplanes take over.
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Flights are offered in the first commercial jet airliner, the de Havilland DH 106 Comet.
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Man lands on the moon and Boeing releases the 747.
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Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation unite to develop the Concorde, the first and only supersonic civilian aircraft.
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The first reusable spacecraft, Space Shuttle, is launched.
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The first nonstop, round-the-world flight by solar and battery-powered airplane is completed. Airbus release the A380 double-decker civilian passenger jet.