proggession of airplanes

The Wright brothers make the first manned, powered, controlled flight.

1903

, at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright completed the first powered flight of a heavier-than-air aircraft known as the Wright Flyer.

The NC4 is the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

1919

The five-leg flight began at the naval air station at Rockaway Beach, New York.

Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in The Spirit of St. Louis, traveling from New York to Paris, France

1927

piloted his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis on the first solo, nonstop flight across the Atlantic

Transatlantic passenger flights to Fownes commence. After WWII, landplanes take over.

Jun 28, 1940

Flights are offered in the first commercial jet airliner, the de Havilland DH 106 Comet.

Jul 27, 1950

the airplane's structure had failed due to overstress by either severe gusts from the storm, or due to over-control of the airplane by the pilot while trying to fly through the storm

Man lands on the moon and Boeing releases the 747.

Jul 20, 1969

astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon

The first nonstop, round-the-world

2000

The first nonstop, round-the-world flight by solar and battery-powered airplane is completed. Airbus releases the A380 double-decker civilian passenger jet.

Virgin Galactic start civilian passenger flight into space.

2010