The History of Flight

By warmachinef22
  • Jan 1, 1485

    Early flight

    Leonardo da Vinci's ornothopter was never built but it proffed that man could fly

  • Early Flight

    First hot air balloon flight

  • Early Flight

    George Cayley makes the first glider thatcan fly people

  • Early Flight

    Otto Lithenthal made the first glider that could fly people long distances

  • Early flight

    First heavier than air flight (Wrgiht Brothers)

  • Military

    The army aircorps adopts the 1908 wright flyer as the first ever military plane

  • Airlines

    Ilya Muromets is the first ever passenger plane and starts major civilian transportaition

  • Military

    The me-262 enters service as the first ever jet fighter aircraft, marking a new age in jet technology

  • Military

    Army Air Corps splits into army and newly formed Airforce

  • Airlines

    Comet first flight starts an age of jet airliners ruling the skies

  • Military

    The F-100 is the first ever "true" jet to break the sound barrier in level flight

  • space

    launch of sputnik kick starts the space race

  • space

    Yuri Gagarin is first man launched into space

  • Airliners

    First flight of the boeing 747 marks a new age in civilian air travel

  • Airlines

    Concorde although having its first flight past the tu-144 manages to reach the public and ushers in a new era of super sonic passenger jets

  • space

    Apollo 11 is launched man lands on moon america beats soviets to moon

  • Airlines

    A crash between two 747 jumbo jets at tenerife marks the worst aviation crash in the history of passenger jets. 591 people are killed

  • Space

    First space shuttle is launched marking the first use of reusable space vehicles

  • Military

    The B-2, F-117, F22, and F-35 form americas stealth airforce and are invisible to radar.

  • Space

    ISS is expected to be completed. More than 16 countries would have contributed to the station