1931 ⟶ First Non-Stop Transpacific Flight Completed

October 5: Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. complete the ...
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✈️ Wright Brothers Achieve First Sustained Powered Flight

First sustained and controlled heavier-than-air powered flight achieved by an airplane flown at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina by Orville and Wilbur Wright. See Claims to the first powered flight.⟶
Wright Brothers Achieve First Sustained Powered Flight (1903)
AviationFlightTransportation
United StatesUnited States

✈️ First Aircraft Landing on a Ship

January 18: Eugene Burton Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco harbor, marking the first time an aircraft lands on a ship.⟶
First Aircraft Landing on a Ship (1911)
AviationNaval TechnologyMilitary TechnologyUnited States NavyTransportation
United StatesUnited States

✈️ Lindbergh's First Nonstop Flight from New York to Paris

May 20 – 21: Charles Lindbergh performs the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris; becomes a world hero.⟶
Lindbergh's First Nonstop Flight from New York to Paris (1927)
AviationTransportationCommunicationGlobal Impact
United StatesUnited StatesFranceFrance

✈️ First Non-Stop Transpacific Flight Completed

October 5: Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. complete the first non-stop flight across the Pacific Ocean in their plane, Miss Veedol, in 41½ hours.⟶
First Non-Stop Transpacific Flight Completed (1931)
AviationTransportation
JapanJapanUnited StatesUnited States

✈️ Boeing 707 Makes Maiden Flight

December 20: First flight of the Boeing 707.⟶
Boeing 707 Makes Maiden Flight (1957)
AviationCommercial AviationJet AgeAir TravelTransportation
United StatesUnited States