Category: Flights

Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier

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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (6 January 1745 – 2 August 1799) were paper manufacturers from Annonay, in Ardèche, France best known as inventors of the Montgolfière-style hot air balloon, globe aérostatique. Continue reading →

Elisabeth Thible Ascends in Hot Air Balloon

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Elisabeth Thible ascends an untethered balloon over Lyon, France on June 4, 1784 constructed by the Montgolfier brothers. Continue reading →

Tethered Hot Air Balloon Flight

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Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier ascended in a tethered hot air balloon constructed by the Montgolfier brothers in Paris, France on October 15, 1783. Continue reading →

London to Paris scheduled passenger airplane service

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Aircraft Travel and Transport of London, England, inaugurated London to Paris scheduled passenger airplane service on August 25, 1919.
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Amelia Earhart

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Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937) was an American aviation pioneer and author. Continue reading →

Woman to fly a transpacific solo flight from Hawaii to California

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Amelia Earhart, an American aviator, was the first woman to make solo Transpacific airplane flight. Continue reading →

First Westbound Transatlantic Solo Nonstop flight lands in Canada

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On August 18th 1932, an English Pilot by the name James A. Mollison landed at Penne field, New Brunswick, Canada Continue reading →

Eppo Numan, Transatlantic flight

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Eppo Numan piloted a transatlantic flight on an ultralight airplane. Continue reading →

If man was meant to fly, he would have been given wings

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In 1991 at the Experimental Aircraft Association's 39th annual international convention and sport aviation exhibition in Oshkosh, WI, USA, Jim Bede of Bede Jet, presented his Home-built supersonic, lightweight, two-seat jet aircraft, built for his personal use.
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Woman to fly a transatlantic solo flight from Canada to Ireland

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Amelia Earhart, an American Aviator (a native of Atchison, KS, USA), flew out of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada on May 20th, 1932. Continue reading →