Aircraft

Orville Wright invents the airplane

Dec 11, 1903

Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.

Pual Comu Flies the first Helicopter

Nov 13, 1907

He piloted this construction himself at Normandy, . Previously, a French helicopter, the Breguet-Richet Gyroplane. He had managed to lift off under its own power

Glen H. Curtis first to travel over a mile in aircraft.

Mar 12, 1908

He made the first public flight in America, covering a distance of 318 feet, 11 inches, before it went down on one wing and crashed.

First transcontinental mail service

Feb 22, 1920

First transcontinental mail service arrives in New York from San Francisco. The trip took 33 hours and 20 minutes

First turbo propeller airliners were introduced

Jun 12, 1950

The jets didn't have an easy time to begin with due to pressurisation accidents and a false start to the Jet Age.

Aircraft had a lot of technological progress in speed, and altitude

Jun 15, 1974

Passenger aircrafts were made a lot safer. Fuel could not be taken for granted, also security improved on Aircrafts.

Aircraft has improved a lot over time.

Dec 22, 2016

New aircrafts have been made, with a lot of new improvements. From security to speed. Aircrafts have changed a lot from 1903 to 2016