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The very first flight was conducted by the Wright brothers it lasted only 12 seconds but it was still the first proper flight
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The royal airforce was formed
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The first transatlantic flight was conducted by John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown it took them 16 hours
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Amelia Earhart flies across the atlantic and becomes the first woman to fly across the ocean. it took her 15 hours
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Frank Whittle invents the jet engine
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The first fully jet propeled aircaft is flown. the German Heinkel He 178 was flown by german test pilot Erich Warsitz.
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The U.S. airforce is formed
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Chuck Yeager an american test pilot broke the speed of sound in the Bell X-1 named after his first wife Glamorous Glennis.
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The Boing-747 makes its first commercial flight. This may seem boring for some but the 747 is the largest selling commercial airplane they have sold 1,558.
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Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager become the the first people to make a nonstop fight around the world from california to california it took them 94 hours, 1 minute
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Steve Fossett preforms the first solo flight around the world it took him 67 hours
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The Solar Impulse 2 is the first solar powered plane to fly around the world it the pilots Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg 505 days to travle around the world
