List of years in aviation
This is a list of years in aviation. For other aviation history timelines, see , Incidents in Aviation, Milestones in Aviation
1500s to 1899 in aviation
- 1638: John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester, suggests some ideas to future would-be pilots in his The Discover of the World in the Moon book.
- 1709: Father Laurenco de Gusmao designs a model hot air balloon.
- 1783: Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis dArlandes invent the first manned hot air balloon that flies.
- 1793: Jean-Pierre Blanchard makes first flight to the United States, on a hydrogen balloon.
- 1848 John Stringfellow builds a steam powered model aircraft, with a wingspan of 3.5 metres, which successfully flies a distance of 40 metres before crashing into a wall. Thus achieving the world's first powered flight.
- 1853 Sir George Cayley's coachman successfully flies a glider, designed by his employer, Sir George Cayley, a distance of 100-200 metres across Brompton Dale in Yorkshire.
- 1855 Joseph Pline is the first person to use the word "aeroplane" is a paper proposing a gas filled dirigible glider with propellers.
1900s in aviation
- 1900 in aviation: The Zeppelin air ship makes its first flight.
- 1901 in aviation: Alberto Santos-Dumont attempts his first flight.
- 1902 in aviation: First Balloon flight in Antarctica, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton ascend to 244 metres in a tethered hydrogen balloon on February 4 - to take the first Antarctic aerial photographs. class="external">[1. Also professor Erich von Drygalski's 1901-1903 German Antartic Expedition uses a balloon to survey the Antartic coast of Wilhelm II Land.
- 1903 in aviation: March 31 Richard Pearse flies - uncontrolled and poorly documented, also first crash landing, on a hedge, of a motor powered aircraft. Followed by Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright's flying machine takes off for the first time on December 17.
- 1904 in aviation: The Wrights ask for patents for their flying machine in Germany and France.
- 1905 in aviation: Wilbur Wright flies for 38 minutes.
- 1906 in aviation: Alberto Santos-Dumont becomes first to fly in Europe.
- 1907 in aviation: Robert Esnault-Pelterie becomes first pilot to fly using a control stick.
- 1908 in aviation: The United States Army announces plans to buy flying machines.
- 1909 in aviation: Louis Bleriot becomes first person to fly over the English Channel.
1910s in aviation
- 1910 in aviation: Frederick Baldwin and J.A.D. McCurdy, using a Curtiss byplane, are the first pilots to send radio messages to the ground.
- 1911 in aviation: Andre Beaumont beats Roland Garros in the Paris to Rome air race.
- 1912 in aviation: King George V approves the Royal Flying Corps, establishing England's first Air Force.
- 1913 in aviation: China receives its first air fleet, 12 planes designed by French plane maker Rene Cuadron
- 1914 in aviation: The St. Petersburg/Tampa Airboat Line starts services, becoming the first airline to provide services. A.C. Pheil is the first airline passenger.
- 1915 in aviation: Aerobatic ace Adolphe Pegoud dies from hemorrage after landing his plane successfully.
- 1916 in aviation: William Boeing commences to build planes with his company, The Boeing Co
- 1917 in aviation: Manfred von Richthofen's Red Baron plane flies.
- 1918 in aviation: The Red Baron is shot and Manfred von Richthofen dies.
- 1919 in aviation: Henry Farman carries 11 paying passengers in his F.60 Goliath plane from Paris to London, in what became the first commercial flight between the two European cities. NC-4, then Alcock & Brown, fly across the Atlantic. Avianca begins services.
1920s in aviation
- 1920 in aviation: KLM and Qantas begin services.
- 1921 in aviation: Bessie Coleman, an African-American woman, attends flying school in France. Mexicana de Aviacion begins services.
- 1922 in aviation: The first commercial night flight between London and Paris is completed.
- 1923 in aviation: Army lieutenants Oakley G. Kelly and John A. MacReady complete the first non-stop flight from New York to Los Angeles in history. Sabena starts services.
- 1924 in aviation: Imperial Airways begins services. Huff Daland Dusters, later to become Delta Airlines, begins services.
- 1925 in aviation: In Germany, in-flight silent movies are shown in commercial airliners for the first time.
- 1926 in aviation: A merge of the two leading German airlines results in the creation of Lufthansa. United Airlines established.
- 1927 in aviation: Charles Lindbergh flies The Spirit of St. Louis.
- 1928 in aviation: Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.
- 1929 in aviation: LOT Polish Airlines, Cubana de Aviacion and Pan Am begin services.
1930s in aviation
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1940s in aviation
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- 1944 in aviation: Saudi Arabian Airlines begins services.
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- 1948 in aviation
- 1949 in aviation: Aerolineas Argentinas established.
1950s in aviation
- 1950 in aviation: Arrow Air begins services.
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- 1952 in aviation
- 1953 in aviation: Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
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- 1959 in aviation: Rock stars Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper die when their plane crashes during snow storm in Iowa.
1960s in aviation
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- 1966 in aviation: Puerto Rican International Airlines begin services.
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- 1968 in aviation
- 1969 in aviation: World champion boxer Rocky Marciano perishes when his plane, which he was piloting himself, crashes.
1970s in aviation
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- 1972 in aviation
- 1973 in aviation: Icelandair established.
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1980s in aviation
(see 1980s in aviation)- 1980 in aviation
- 1981 in aviation
- 1982 in aviation: Braniff International stops flying, Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana.
- 1983 in aviation
- 1984 in aviation
- 1985 in aviation: TWA Boeing 727 hijacked over the Mediterranean.
- 1986 in aviation
- 1987 in aviation
- 1988 in aviation: The ATR-72 makes its maiden flight. Pan Am flight 103 explodes over Scotland.
- 1989 in aviation: The ATR-72 begins commercial services, with Kar Air
1990s in aviation
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- 1995 in aviation
- 1996 in aviation: TWA flight 800 explodes off the coast of New York, seven year old pilot Jessica Dubroff dies during attempt to set record.
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- 1998 in aviation
- 1999 in aviation: Fear of the Y2K computer virus and possible in-flight consequences for those planes flying during the night of December 31, 1999 and the early morning of January 1, 2000, spreads around the airline industry.
2000s in aviation
- 2000 in aviation
- 2001 in aviation: 4 jet-liners, 2 each of American Airlines and United Airlines, are hijacked and crashed in the September 11 terrorist attacks, killing more than 3,000 people.
- 2002 in aviation
- 2003 in aviation: Fina Air begins services.
See also: Aviation history, Incidents in Aviation, Milestones in aviation
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