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The First Ever Plane
The Wright brothers make the first manned, powered, controlled flight -
The "NC4"
The NC4 is the first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean. -
"The Spirit of St. Louis"
Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight in "The Spirit of St. Louis", traveling from New York to Paris, France. -
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The "PanAm" and The "BOAC"
The first Transatlantic Proving flights take place, with "PanAm" and "BOAC" traveling from Newfoundland to Foynes and vice verse. -
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Landplanes
Transatlantic passenger flights to Foynes continue until after WWII. This is when landplanes take over. -
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The "De Havilland DH 106 Comet"
Flights are offered in the first commercial jet airliner, the "De Havilland DH 106 Comet". -
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The "Boeing 747"
At around the time we first land on the moon, Boeing releases the 747. -
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The "Concorde"
Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation unite to develop the "Concorde", the first and only supersonic civilian aircraft. -
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The "Space Shuttle"
The first reusable spacecraft, "Space Shuttle", is launched. -
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The "Mars Pathfinder"
NASA sends the "Mars Pathfinder" to Mars to commence the first exploration on the surface of another planet. -
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The "Airbus A380"
The first nonstop, round-the-world flight by solar and battery-powered airplane is completed. Airbus release the A380 double-decker civilian passenger jet. -
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Passenger Space Flight
Virgin Galactic start civilian passenger flight into space.