History of Flight

Flight Time Line

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

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Montgolfier Hot Air Balloon Flight – November 21, 1783

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Chanute Gliders – 1896

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Wright Brothers First Powered Flight – December 17, 1903

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Wright Brothers – World’s First Practical Airplane – 1905

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Goddard – First Free Flight Liquid Fueled Rocket – 1926

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Lindbergh – First Solo Nonstop Trans-Atlantic Flight - 1927

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Earhart – First Woman to Fly Solo Nonstop Trans-Atlantic Flight – 1932

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Yeager – Bell X-1 – First aircraft to exceed speed of sound – 1947

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Yuri Gagarin – First Man in Space – 1961

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First Men on Moon – July 20, 1969

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Space Shuttle Columbia – First Shuttle Flight – April 12-14, 1981

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International Space Station – Began 1998

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