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Wilbur and Orville Wright Fly the first airplane at Kitty Hawk
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Tony Jannus and his passenger Mr. Abram Pheil flew on a two seater a Benoist XIV plane. They went from St. Petersburg to Tampa
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The Spirit of St. Louis carried Charles Lindbergh from New York to Paris in only 33 and a half hours. On May 20, 1927 he took off and flew nonstop to Paris.
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Amelia Earhart was the first female pilot to fly across the Atlantic ocean. She took off on her plane named Friendship on June 17, 1928.
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Hans Von Ohain worked for Ernst Heikel to Devlope the worlds first jet plane. The experimental Heikel He 178 first flew on August 27, 1939
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The Messerschmidt Me 262 Schwalbe, the world's first operational turbojet aircraft and fighter jet. The top speed was 540 mph. THe first time it was in combat was on July 25, 1944
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On October 14, 1947, Chuck Yeager climbed a U.S. Airforce
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A de Havilland Comet flying for British Overseas Airways Corporation flies to Johannesburg from London becoming the first jet aircraft to enter commercial service.
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The first Jumbo jet was a Boeing 747. It first flew on February 9, 1969.
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A British-French turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet airliner, Concorde SST. The first one took flight on March 2, 1969.
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Piloted by Jeana Yeager and Dick Rutan, the Voyager circumnavigates the globe nonstop in 9 days. They completed the flight on December 23, 1986.
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Northrop Grumman developed the B-2 Stealth Bomber. It is made of composite materials rather than metal, it cannot be detected by conventional radar.The B-2 Spirit Bomber first flew on July 17, 1989.