The first seaplane designed by Frenchman Henri Fabre launched on March 28, 1910 from Martigues near Marseilles, France. Continue reading
Tag: Aviation
Wilbur Wright Performs Aerial Turns
Wilbur Wright performed aerial turns in an airplane on September 20, 1904 at Kitty Hawk, NC, USA. Continue reading
Orville Wright’s First Powered Flight
Orville Wright flew a motor-powered airplane on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, NC, USA Continue reading
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Title: Samuel Pierpont Langley
Samuel Pierpont Langley (August 22, 1834 – February 27, 1906) was an American astronomer, physicist, inventor of the bolometer and aviation pioneer. Continue reading
Samuel Pierpont Langley Propelled a Steam Engine Plane
Samuel Pierpont Langley propelled a steam engine plane, Aerodrome across the Potomac River near Washington, DC, USA, on May 6, 1896. Continue reading
American Built Radial Aviation Engine
American engineers, Charles Matthews Manly and Stephen Marius Balzer built the radial aviation engine in 1903. Continue reading
First Female Jet Plane Pilot
Maria Atanassova (Marija Georgieva Atanassowa) of Bulgaria, Russia was hired by Continue reading
First Transoceanic Flight by Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Deutsche Lufthansa AG flew regular transoceanic flights between Germany and Buenos Aires, Argentina Continue reading
First Transoceanic Jetliner Service
British Overseas Airways Corporation offers first transoceanic jetliner service Continue reading
John Jeffries
John Jeffries (5 February 1745 – 16 September 1819) was a Boston physician, scientist, and a military surgeon with the British Army in Nova Scotia and New York during the American Revolution. Continue reading