1926Robert Goddard Launches First Liquid-Fueled Rocket

Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket.
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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

🚀 Robert Goddard Launches First Liquid-Fueled Rocket

Robert Goddard Launches First Liquid-Fueled Rocket (1926)
Space ExplorationRocketryAviation
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

Federal Aviation Administration Established (1958)
AviationTransportationAir TravelInfrastructureSafety
United StatesUnited States