Transportation Innovations

  • Car

    Car
    History of the Car Ford Auto Company released the first commercially available car to the public. It was a delivery wagon designed by Henry Ford.
  • Airplane

    Airplane
    History of the First Airplane History of the Airplane Orville and Wilbur Wright made a machine (the airplane) which carried a man on its own power. The airplane rose, flew naturally at even speed, and came down without damage.
  • Helicopter

    Helicopter
    First Helicopter History of the Helicopter Igor Sikorsky,from Russia,came to the United States during the Russian Revolution and built the first helicopter. The helicopter can take off and land virtically making it more useful as a rescue vehicle.
  • Electric Wheelchair

    Electric Wheelchair
    History of the Electric Wheelchair George Johann Klein of Canada developed the electric wheelchair. It was designed to help the injured veterans from WWI.
  • Personal Jet Pack

    Personal Jet Pack
    History of the Jet Pack The first flight lasted 20 seconds over a car at the Pentagon. The Jet Pack runs on hydrogen peroxide fuel tanks and can thrust people in the air like a rocket. They have been used at football games, Olympic Ceremonies, and Air Shows.
  • Concorde Airplane

    Concorde Airplane
    History of the Concorde Airplane The Concorde was built by the British Aircraft Corporation and was the only aircraft that operated supersonic passenger flights. It could cross the Atlantic Ocean in 3 hours.
  • Space Shuttle

    Space Shuttle
    History of Space Shuttle This was a spacecraft built by NASA that could carry people to space. It was designed to take off vertically but could glide in to land like an airplane.
  • Four Wheeled ATV

    Four Wheeled ATV
    History of the Four Wheeled ATV Suzuki produced the first four wheeled ATV. It featured an odmeter and five forward plus reverse speeds.
  • Segway Human Transporter

    Segway Human Transporter
    Segway Human Transporter Dean Kamen invented the Segway Human Transporter. It is a personal device that uses five gyrosupes and a build-in computer to remain upright. It was first shown on Good Morning America.
  • Maglev Train

    Maglev Train
    History of the Maglev Train This was the first train that used the magnetic fields to move above the rails. It was introduced in Shahghai, China.