Milestones in Flight Technology
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff
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- 1783
- Hot-air balloon
- 1783
- Parachute
- 1852
- Dirigible
- 1900
- Zeppelin
- 1903
- First airplane flight
- 1911
- Hydroplane
- 1926
- Liquid-propelled rocket
- 1939
- First successful helicopter flight.
- 1955
- Hovercraft
- 1968
- Supersonic transport (SST)
- 1970
- Jumbo jet
- 1981
- Solar-powered airplane
- 1981
- First space shuttle, Columbia, launched
For more inventions, see Inventions & Discoveries.
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