1927 ⟶ Lindbergh's First Nonstop Flight from New York to Paris

May 20 – 21: Charles Lindbergh performs the first nonstop fl...
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🎈 Giffard Makes First Manned, Powered Dirigible Flight

Henri Giffard becomes the first person to make a manned, controlled and powered flight using a dirigible.⟶
Giffard Makes First Manned, Powered Dirigible Flight (1852)
AviationEarly AviationTransportation
FranceFrance

✈️ 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

✈️ 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

✈️ Concorde's Final Commercial Flight

Final flight of the SST (Supersonic Transport) Concorde.⟶
Concorde's Final Commercial Flight (2003)
AviationTransportationAir TravelEconomic Impact
United KingdomUnited KingdomFranceFranceUnited StatesUnited States