List of firsts in aviation

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Montgolfier hot air balloon
that made the first confirmed flight by man in 1783

This is a list of firsts in aviation. For a comprehensive list of women's records, see Women in aviation.

First person to fly

The first flight (including gliding) by a person is unknown. A number have been suggested:

1920 Stained glass window of the monk Eilmer of Malmesbury holding his wings (early 11th century)

None of these historical accounts are adequately supported by corroborating evidence nor have any been widely accepted. The first confirmed human flight was accomplished by

Montgolfier balloon
in 1783.

Lighter than air (aerostats)

Zeppelin LZ 1, first rigid airship to fly, 1900
was achieved in 1999

Heavier than air (aerodynes)

Pioneer era 1853–1914

Otto Lilienthal in mid-flight, c. 1895
  • First manned glider flight: was made by an unnamed boy in an uncontrolled glider launched by George Cayley in 1853.[36][37]
  • First confirmed manned powered flight: was made by Clément Ader in an uncontrolled monoplane of his own design, in 1890.
  • First controlled manned glider flight: was made by Otto Lilienthal in a glider of his own design, in 1891.[38]
The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer making the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered airplane in 1903. Orville piloting while Wilbur observes
Louis Blériot crossing the English Channel, 1909
Eugene Burton Ely making the first shipboard takeoff from the USS Birmingham in 1910
Armour Company poster showing Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Vin Fiz Flyer transcontinental flight route, 1911
First four-engine aircraft to fly, the Sikorsky Bolshoi Baltiskiy, after two of the engines had been moved out on the wings, 1910
Nieuport IV.G
he looped in 1913

Practical flight 1914–1938

Edwin Dunning landing a Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious in 1917
Kurt Wintgens' Fokker M.5K/MG used on July 1, 1915
Felixstowe Porte Baby with Bristol Scout composite before flight, 1916
Alcock and Brown beginning their non-stop transatlantic flight in their Vickers Vimy
, 1919
Fairey III.D that completed the first crossing of the South Atlantic in 1922
USAAS Douglas World Cruisers on their world circumnavigation flight in 1924
Charles Lindbergh and his monoplane the Spirit of St. Louis that made the non-stop flight from New York to Paris on May 21, 1927
Lockheed Vega 5B
she crossed the Atlantic in May 1932
Tupolev ANT-25RD which completed the first polar crossing in 1937

Jet age, 1939–present

Heinkel He 178, the first turbojet-powered aircraft to fly
First turboprop to fly, the Gloster Meteor F.I powered by two Rolls-Royce Trent turboprops in 1945
Bell X-1, first aircraft confirmed to have exceeded Mach 1, flown by Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947
Tupolev Tu-155, the first aircraft to fly solely on hydrogen
The Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer that Steve Fossett piloted solo around the world non-stop in 2005

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Unless specified, most circumnavigation flights were not done along the greatest distance, at the equator, but merely crossed all lines of longitude – often at high latitudes, and as far north as possible.
  2. ^ The Grumman F9F-9 Tiger was redesignated after its first flight as F11F-1 Tiger
  3. ^ Points on opposite sides of the globe

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