1905 wright flyer iii above huffman prairie

airplane timeline

By Noah Savage
  • airplane was invented

    airplane was invented

    the first airplane was made by the wright brothers and flown near kitty hawk north carolina
  • the first airplane to fly across the atlantic

    the first airplane to fly across the atlantic

    the NC4 was the first plane to fly across the Atlantic

  • the first jet engine was made

    the first jet engine was made by Sir Frank Whittle

  • the first jet engine test flights

    Sir Frank Whittle started to test the jet engine through Hans Von Ohain
  • the first airplane to break the sound barrier

    the first airplane to break the sound barrier

    the bell X was flown by Chuck Yeager

  • the first supersonic transport flight

    the Concorde was the first supersonic transport
  • the first Boeing 747 flight

    the first Boeing 747 flight

    the first Boeing 747 was flown

  • the longest human powered flight

    the Gossamer Albatross flew 2 hours and 49 minutes