First plane

History of Human Flight

By Agent SN_666

  • 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.