The history of flight progression

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The timeline of events -

1000 BCE – First kites

Kites are invented in China.

852 BCE – A king tries to fly

The English King Bladud is apparently killed attempting to fly.

1485–1500 – da Vinci designs planes

Leonardo da Vinci designs flying machines.

Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machine

Leonardo da Vinci made many drawings of wings and flying machines in the late 1400s. He kept them hidden, and they weren’t discovered until 400 years after his death.

Sketch dated 1488.

1709 – Model glider design

Bartolomeu Laurenço de Gusmao designs a model glider.

1783 – Hot air balloon flight

The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was on 21 November 1783 in Paris, France in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.

1843 – Biplane design

George Cayley’s biplane design is published.

1895 – Biplane gliders

Otto Lilienthal flies biplane gliders.

1903 – First powered flight

Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine.

1904 – First powered flight in New Zealand

Richard Pearse from New Zealand makes his first recorded powered flight of more than a few seconds, though witnesses contend his first flight may have been just before the Wright brothers.

Richard Pearse’s monoplane

Richard Pearse’s monoplane resembled a modern-day microlight. Witness accounts suggest he flew it before the Wright brothers flew theirs. This monoplane is a replica from the South Canterbury Museum in Timaru.

There is evidence that Richard Pearse did not achieve controlled flight before the Wright brothers in 1903. See a report from the Timaru Post dated 17 November 1909.

1906 – First powered flight in Europe

Alberto Santos-Dumont makes the first successful powered flight in Europe.

1911 – New Zealander launches glider

Kiwi aviator George Bolt’s flying career began in the South Island in 1911. Aged just 18, he launched a glider that he had designed and built himself from the Cashmere Hills above Christchurch. In 1911 Bolt took New Zealand’s first aerial photographs. In 1916 he began work as an apprentice mechanic at the Walsh brothers’ New Zealand Flying School in Auckland.

1921 – A pilot license first

Bessie Coleman became the first African-American to gain a pilot’s license.

1927 – First trans-Atlantic flight

Charles Lindbergh completes the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.

1930 – Jet engine invented

British inventor Frank Whittle invents the jet engine.

1932 – First woman flies across Atlantic

Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.

1932–1937 – Record-breaking flights

New Zealander Jean Batten makes record-breaking flights around the world.

Jean Batten

Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviatrix. During the 1930s, she was well known for taking several record-breaking solo flights across the world.

Portrait by Leo Lemuel White, 16 October 1936.

1939 – First jet-propelled aircraft

Germany’s Heinkel 178 is the first fully jet-propelled aircraft to fly.

The 1940s – Aerial agriculture developed in NZ

Seed sowing, top dressing, and crop dusting are developed in New Zealand with ex-WW2 pilots and planes. Ossie James, in particular, is noted for his role in this.

Early aerial topdressing

World War II Tiger Moths were among the first aircraft used for topdressing in New Zealand. Here, in 1953, a loader bucket releases fertilizer into the aircraft hopper.

1947 – Aircraft exceeds the speed of sound

Charles Yeager pilots the first aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight.

1969 – First supersonic transport flight

First flights of supersonic transport – Soviet TU-144 and Anglo-French Concorde.

1970 – First Boeing 747 commercial flight

Boeing 747 makes the first commercial flight.

1976 – Concorde passengers

Concorde begins its first passenger-carrying service.

Concorde

The turbojet-powered supersonic passenger jet airliner operated until 2003. Concorde had a maximum speed of more than twice the speed of sound.

1979 – Longest human-powered flight

Bryan Allen pedals the Gossamer Albatross across the English Channel, breaking the distance record for human-powered flight.

1986 – First non-stop flight around the world

Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager fly the US ultralight Voyager around the world in a 9-day non-stop flight from California to California.

2005–2006 – First non-stop world solo flights

Steve Fossett makes the first non-stop solo flight around the world (2005) and in 2006 lands in England after flying around the world once and crossing the Atlantic twice – a distance of 26,389.3 miles (42,469.46 kilometers).

2009 – New glider record

New Zealand pilot Terry Delore breaks the world gliding record by 100 kilometers, traveling a total of 2,400 kilometers within New Zealand.

2011 – Martin jetpack

In an unmanned test, the Martin jetpack reaches an altitude of 5,000 feet (1,524 meters). The jetpack, invented by New Zealander, Glenn Martin, is a small flying device for one person. It was named one of the world’s top 10 inventions in 2010.

2011 – World’s first flying car

The Transition® by Terrafugia is a roadable aircraft – an airplane that can take off and land at any airport and, with the push of a button, fold up its wings and drive down the road.

Transition® hybrid vehicle

The Transition® hybrid vehicle has been given the go-ahead for testing on US highways. When do you think you'll see 'flying cars' in your town?

2016 – Solar flight around the world

Solar Impulse 2 is the first plane powered by a renewable energy source to tour the globe. The Solar Impulse website has further information.

2019 – Electric aircraft

In December the world’s first fully electric aircraft for commercial flight completed a test in Canada.

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