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1853: George Cayley of England made the first glider flight.
1903: The Wright brothers’ Flyer 1 flies for 12 seconds.
1909: Bleriot flew across the English Channel
1919: Alcock and Brown made the first flight across the Atlantic.
1941: Whittle’s jet-engined aircraft was introduced.
1947: Bell X-1 flew faster than the speed of sound.
1977: The first human-powered aircraft, the Gossamer Condor, made its maiden flight.