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  • History of planes

  • Early history: the Wright brothers flights in 1903 are recognized as the fist heavier-than-air powered flight.
  • By 1905, the Wright Flyer III was created by the Wright brothers and is considered the first fully controllable plane.
  • World War I served to introduce planes into wars and use them as weapons.
  • Following World War I, aircraft technology continued to develop.
  • Alcock and Brown crossed the Atlantic by air for the first time in 1919.
  • The first international commercial flights took place between the United States and Canada in 1919.
  • Planes were an essential component in the battles of the World War II and the Japanese were the first to put them into an aircraft carrier.
  • The jet aircraft: -Heinkel He 178: was the first 'operational' jet aircraft tested in 1939.
  • -Messerschmitt Me 262: was the first 'operational' jet fighter aircraft.
  • - Bell X-1: in 1947 was the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound.
  • - De Havilland Comet: was the first jet airliner and was introduced in 1952.
  • -Concorde: with the Tu-144 they were the only supersonic jet airliners that have existed.
  • The Concorde was introduced in 1976 and retired in 2003 because of a unique accident.
  • The Tu-144 was introduced in 1977 and retired in 1983 due to some accidents and some problems like the cabin noise and airframe failures apart from political influences.
  • - Boeing 747: was the world's biggest passenger aircraft from 1970 until 2005, when it was surpassed by the Airbus A380.

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