1997 ⟶ Land Speed Record: Sound Barrier Broken

Sound barrier broken on land.
Timelines Logo
Year
1897
1903
1947
1958
1997
2001

🚲 First Electric Bicycle Production by Hosea Libbey

First electric bicycle produced by Hosea Libbey.⟶
First Electric Bicycle Production by Hosea Libbey (1897)
TransportationElectric VehiclesTechnology History
United StatesUnited States

✈️ 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

🚀 Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier

Breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager in Bell X-1.⟶
Chuck Yeager Breaks the Sound Barrier (1947)
AviationAerospaceWorld War IICold War
United StatesUnited States

✈️ Federal Aviation Administration Established

August 23: Federal Aviation Administration formed.⟶
Federal Aviation Administration Established (1958)
AviationTransportationAir TravelInfrastructureSafety
United StatesUnited States

🚀 Land Speed Record: Sound Barrier Broken

Sound barrier broken on land.⟶
Land Speed Record: Sound Barrier Broken (1997)
TransportationJet Propulsion
United StatesUnited States

🛴 Dean Kamen Introduces the Segway Personal Transporter

Dean Kamen unveils Segway.⟶
Dean Kamen Introduces the Segway Personal Transporter (2001)
TransportationRobotics
United StatesUnited States