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The Montgolfier brothers launched their first hot air ballonThe first airship fitted with a steam engine was flown by Henri Giffard from Paris.
The airship could only fly forwardThe Wright Brothers made the first engine powered flight it flew 12 seconds
and travelled 37 metersThe first all metal plane was built by a German Herman Junkers it travelled at 170 km per hourThe first sea plane having one or two floats in place of the usual
under carriage this plane took off from and landed pn waterFlying boats were used to cross
oceans because
aircraft could not carry enough fuel
to travel long
distances non-stop. Flying boats
could fly
between seaports and islands,
refuelling as they went. They didn't
need runways, and it was thought to
be safer to fly across water in an
aircraft that could float. Flying boats
have floats where the undercarriage
would be on a land-baseThe first practical helicopter which
could carry passengers, was developed.This flying boat, 'Spruce Goose' was built
of wood. It only flew once, over a
distance of about 2 kilometres.
It is the largest plane ever built.Early jet liners carried about 40
passengers, and had jet engines
with propellers called turbo-prop
engines.Jet passenger planes had turbo-jets and no longer needed propellers.Commercial jet liners were able to
carry over 400 passengers After a
disasterous crash in 2000, and
0ther matters, Concorde was taken
out of service in 2003.The Russian built Tupolev Tu-144
was the first supersonic passenger
aircraft. It flew on December 31, 1968;
two months ahead of the
first flight for the Concorde SST.
Concorde flew at speeds of up to
2100 kilometres per hour carrying 100 passengers.The first re-usable space vehicle, the space shuttle 'Colombia' was launched.The largest passenger aircraft,
(so far!) the double-decked,
Airbus A380 can carry more
than 800 passengers.The 787 Dreamliner a long-range,
mid-size wide-body, twin-engine
jet airliner came into service.
It is can carry up to 250 passengers.
It is a lighter and more energy
efficient aeroplane.
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