The Evolution of the airplane

By Brovakiin

  • Sir George Cayley lays down the groundwork to heavier than air flight

    Sir George Cayley lays down the groundwork to heavier than air flight
    Known as "The Father of moderan Aeroplanes", Sir George cayley established the principles and mechanics that make any sort of heavier than air flight possible. These rules, along with establishing the specifications to aircraft, were accompianed with a variety of inventions that ended the age of leaping from towers with winged contraptions that only doomed the user, to a time where a relatively safer approach can be made to testing the functionality of aircraft. http://www.greatachievements.or

  • First sustained flight with a powered, controlled aircraft

    First sustained flight with a powered, controlled aircraft
    The Wright Flyer becomes the first aircraft to achieve and sustain a controlled, powered flight of an aircraft in Kitty Hawk, North carolina. This first flight paved the way for many more flyer designs from the Wright brothers, and allowed for The Flyer, the world's first practical airplane, to be introduced to the world. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728

  • WWII introduces fighter jets and flying fortresses

    WWII introduces fighter jets and flying fortresses
    In the heat of WWII, the need for the best aircraft would have been essential in gaining victory in the conflict. Thus, the germans introoduced the ME 262, the world's first jet powered fighter. Also, the americans introduced the B-29 Superfortress, a heavily armored plane capable of running long range bombing missions with deadly efficency and minimal casulties to flight personel. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728

  • The Boeing company releases the 747

    The Boeing company releases the 747
    Boeing introduced the "Jumbo jet" on January 20, 1970. The aircraft's main design is still used to this day. The creation of this medium cost aircraft, capable of transporting large amounts of people boosted the airline industry into a thriving econmoic porspect and further connected the world by lowering the effort taken to travel over long areas. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728

  • Nortrop Grumman develops the B-2 Spirit

    Nortrop Grumman develops the B-2 Spirit
    The B-2 Stealth bomber was developed in top secrecy by the Northrop company for use by the U.S airforce. The aircraft was made of composite materials instead of metals in order to facilitate a radar signal that is nearly impossible to detect. http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3728