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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 is made by louis Bleriot. -
First powered flight across the Channel
FOR MORELouis Bleriot, French aviator, makes the first powered flight across the channel -
First Rocket
Robert Goddard invents the first liquid feuled rocket. It flew in the sky freely without interference -
First Flight Across the Atlantic
Charles A. Lindenburgh makes the first solo flight across the Atlantic. -
The First Jet Engine is Invented
Frank Whittle invented the first jet engine. -
An Ancestor Flies
The predacessor to modern airlines takes off for the first time. -
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
Charles Yeager broke the sound barrier in the X-1 jet at level flight. -
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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
Rockets launch russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin to space and orbited above earth. -
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!!
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.
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
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
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 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 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 worlds most advanced declassified fighter is used in every sector of the military, the F-22 Raptor. -
