This is my timeline on Airplanes on when they started all the way until this current time. ;xNLx;;xNLx;All CREDITS go to THIS website! http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/history-of-airplanes
The first flight of an object heavier than air commenced in 1903 by the Wright brothers. The distance of 37m.
The first flight of an object heavier than air commenced in 1903 by the Wright brothers. The distance of 37m.
1914 was the year Lawrence Sperry demonstrates the automatic gyrostabilizer. This kept planes level and flying in a straight line. 2 years later he improved on the gyrostabilizer by adding steering mechanism to create automatic pilot.
French pilot Roland Garros flew the first ever fighter plane. The plane was armed with a machine gun that shot through its propeller. While piloting the fighter plane it took down 5 planes.
The Junker J4 was built by Hugo Junkers. It was an all metal plane. The metal was a lightweight aluminum alloy called duralumin
In 1925 the Lightwieght air-cooled radial engines were invented and with them planed would be bigger and faster.
In 1933 Boeing created the boeing 242, the first model airliner. It could carry 10 passengers in comfort. The Boeing 242 was twin engine d and was completely metal.
After patenting it 7 years ago, in 1937 Frank Whittle with the help of Hans Von Ohain made the first test runs of the jet engine.
he boeing 307 stratoline was the first fully pressurized plane. This allowed it to fly 6.096 km high. Because it could fly so high it flew above the weather so if there was rough winds they just fly above it and the passengers would have a more comfortable ride.
The Heinkel HE178 was the first fully jet powered plane.
The Bell X-I broke the sound barrier on the 14 of October 1947 by Captain 'Chuck' Yeager.
The prototype of the first jet poered airliner takes its first flight. In 1952 it became a regular passenger jet giving a quiet and faster flight.
Richard Whitcomb discovers an aircraft concept known as the Area Rule of Aircraft Design. The concept helps inventors by giving them a basic design that aircraft's need to reduce drag and increase speed without additional power.
The X-15 was created in 1960. It reached the speed of mach 6, it was six times faster than the Bell X-1 which broke the speed barrier 13 years ago.
The Learjet was the first small jet to be mass produced
The invention of the Concorde commenced in 1969. It was the first supersonic airliner with speeds that reached double the speed of sound!
The Beoing 747 conducts its first flight. It is a wide-bodied commercial airline. It was the most successful airline ever made.
The voyager was the first plane to circumnavigate the globe nonstop in only 9 days, using one tank of fuel. The voyager used a carbon-composite material which makes it lighter.
The B-2 Spirit was the most expensive plane ever made, it cost more than one Billion dollars to build. The B-2 Spirit was a long range bomber so it uses less fuel.
The Airbus 350 is a double Decker plane. It is the largest plane built and had enough seats for 555 people.
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