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Powered Flight

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  • First Powered Flight

    First Powered Flight

    First powered flight conducted by wilbur and orville Wright using a gas engine to a craft for 10 seconds, 10 feet high and 120 feet far. In the dunes of Kitty Hawk,NC, the first airplane was made.
  • First Monoplane

    First Monoplane

    First Monoplane is made by louis Bleriot.
  • First powered flight across the Channel

    First powered flight across the Channel

    FOR MORELouis Bleriot, French aviator, makes the first powered flight across the channel
  • First Rocket

    First Rocket

    Robert Goddard invents the first liquid feuled rocket. It flew in the sky freely without interference
  • First Flight Across the Atlantic

    First Flight Across the Atlantic

    Charles A. Lindenburgh makes the first solo flight across the Atlantic.
  • The First Jet Engine is Invented

    The First Jet Engine is Invented

    Frank Whittle invented the first jet engine.
  • An Ancestor Flies

    An Ancestor Flies

    The predacessor to modern airlines takes off for the first time.
  • First Jet Powered Plane

    First Jet Powered Plane

    Germany's Heinkel 178 takes off causing the beginning of the end for monoplanes.
  • First Vehicle to Break the Sound Barrier

    First Vehicle to Break the Sound Barrier

    Charles Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1 jet at level flight.
  • Period: to

    ERA OF MODERN AVIATION

    Jets including the F-4 phantom, and the F-14 Tomcat were produced forming the popular images of aviation today.
  • First man in Space

    First man in Space

    Rockets launch russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to space and orbited above earth.
  • Boeing 737 is made

    Boeing 737 is made

    The boeing 737 is made, it is called the baox plane since its as long as it is wide. But itsi the most purchased commercial jet ever made.
  • First Men on the moon!!

    First Men on the moon!!

    Rockets powered the flight of U.S. astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. , to the moon and back.
  • First space station is launched.

    First space station is launched.

    Soviet Salyut 1, is launched into earth's orbit. It was very small but, it lasted 8 months in orbit before being deorbited.
  • First reusable spacecraft is launched

    First reusable spacecraft is launched

    The spaceshuttle enterprise is launched for the first time as the first reusable spacecraft. It began the era of the space shuttle.
  • The Space Station began construction

    The Space Station began construction

    First two modules of the International Space Station are launched and joined together in orbit.
  • The most common fighter in the military is introduced.

    The most common fighter in the military is introduced.

    The F/A-18 hornet became the most used jet in the US military with more models than any other.
  • The Space Station is Inhabited

    The Space Station is Inhabited

    The first astronauts began to live in the international space station. The station has been growing ever since.
  • The most advanced fighter jet is introduced

    The most advanced fighter jet is introduced

    The worlds most advanced declassified fighter is used in every sector of the military, the F-22 Raptor.

  • Citation

    http://inventors.about.com/od/fstartinventions/a/Airplane.htm
    http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/wb-timeline.html
    http://www.aerospaceguide.net/spacestation/salyut1.html
    http://www.canadianflight.org/content/history-powered-flight