The History of the Airplane by Adam

First powered flight by the Wright brothers

1903

First non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean

1919

First jet-powered airplane flies

1939

First supersonic flight by Chuck Yeager

1947

First commercial jet flight by Boeing 707

1958

First flight of the Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet”

1969

Concorde, a super-fast airplane, begins service

1976

First flight of the space shuttle

1981

Airbus A380, largest passenger airplane, launched

2005

First electric passenger airplane test flight

2020