Events
Wright Brothers first flightLouis Bleriot, French aviator, makes first airplane crossing of English Channel.Charles A. Lindbergh completes first solo, nonstop trans-Atlantic flight.Frank Whittle, British inventor, invents the jet engine.Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.A modern airliner, Boeing 247, flies for the first time.Soviet Union launches first man-made earth satellite, Sputnik 1.U.S. astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., are the first to walk on the moon.First two modules of the
International Space Station are
launched and joined
together in orbit.First crew arrives to take up residence in the International Space Station.The A380 made its first flight
on 27 April 2005 and
entered commercial
service on 25 October 2007
with Singapore Airlines.
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