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Timeline of Flight
Timeline of Flight (to 1940) Source: USA Today, April 25, 2003 Section D pp. 1-3; 6,7)
December 17, 1903 Orville Wright pilots the Wright Flyer for 12 seconds travelling 120 feet. The first powered manned flight.
May 22, 1906 The Wright Brothers receive a US Government patent for their flying machines
November 13, 1907 French inventor Paul Cornu flies the first helicopter in a flight lasting 20 seconds, hovering a foot above the ground.
September 17, 1908 Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge becomes the first air fatality when his Wright Flyer crashes at Fort Myer, VA.
January 19, 1910 First bombing experiment by the Army. Three 2-pound sandbags are dropped on a target.
March 8, 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of France became the first female licensed pilot, prompting her to say “Flying is the best possible thing for women.”
October 10, 1910 Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. President to fly (after his Presidency was over).
September 23, 1911 First airmail in the U.S. is carried from New York’s Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome to Mineola, NY.
March 1, 1912 U.S. Captain Albert Berry jumped 1,500 feet over Jefferson Barracks military post in St. Louis. When asked if he would repeat the performance, he said, “Never again!”
April 1912 Calbraith Rogers dies when a seagull hits the rudder of his plane. He is the first person to die from a bird striking the plane.
June 7, 1912 First machine gun mounted to a plane.
November 24, 1913 Lincoln Beachey, of California, performed the first “loop the loop” in his specially-built Curtiss, becoming the “father “ of aerobatic flying
January 1, 1914 America’s first regularly scheduled airline starts operation. The Benoist Co., using a Benoist flying boat, begins flights that cross Florida’s Thunder Bay, between St. Petersburg and Tampa. One-way tickets for the St. Petersburg/Tampa Airboat Line cost $5.00 for a gross weight of 200 pounds, including baggage. The operation lasts three months.
April 1914 Airplanes are used for the first time in warfare, with the U.S. using them in reconnaissance during hostilities with Mexico.
September 2, 1916 Airlines in flight communicate with each other for the first time.
February 5, 1919 World’s first sustained daily passenger airline service, Deutsche Luftreederie, later known as Lufthansa takes off from Berlin to Weimar, Germany.
June 14-15, 1919 First non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean takes 16 hours and 12 minutes.
November 12, 1921 Wesley May climbs from the wing of one aircraft to the wing of another with a 5-gallon can of gasoline strapped to his back, making the first “air-to-air” refueling.
1922 Britain’s Daimler Airways features “Cabin Boys,” early flight attendants. They served no refreshments, but their presence gives a “comfortable formality” to the flight.
April 6, 1925 A single-reel short film becomes the first “in-flight” movie on a Deutsche Lufthansa flight
March 16, 1926 Robert Goddard launches the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 20-21 1927 Charles Lindbergh flies his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, from New York to Paris. It’s the first solo, non-stop transatlantic flight.
1929 The first 99 licensed female pilots start a club called “The Ninety-Nines,” with Amelia Earhart serving as the first president.
1929 Delta airlines established in the U. S.
September 24, 1929 The first U.S. airport hotel opened at Oakland airport.
1930 Ellen Church, a registered nurse, becomes the first “stewardess” on a Boeing Air Transport (later United Airlines). The service recruited nurses in order to help passengers feel safer.
October 25 1930 Commercial air service begins between New York and Los Angeles.
February 21, 1931 The first plane hijacking occurred at Arequipa, Peru. A group of Peruvian rebel soldiers tried to force two American pilots to fly them about and drop propaganda leaflets over Lima. The pilots refuse to take off and the rebels end their hijacking on March 2 without damage to the plane.
May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
1935Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly from Hawaii to the West Coast.
May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg explodes while attempting to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey; 36 people die.
June 28, 1939 22 passengers flew on the first regular transatlantic flight from Port Washington NY to Marseilles, France (via the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal). One-way on the Pan American Boeing 314 cost $375 (equal to $4939.75 in 2003)
August 27, 1939 The Heinkel He 178, built by Germans Hans von Ohain (physicist) and Ernst Heinkel (aircraft builder) becomes the first jet aircraft, flying for six minutes
July 8, 1940 The Boeing Stratoliner is the first to offer service with a pressurized cabin. Aircraft can now fly at an altitude up to 20,000 feet.
December 17, 1903 Orville Wright pilots the Wright Flyer for 12 seconds travelling 120 feet. The first powered manned flight.
May 22, 1906 The Wright Brothers receive a US Government patent for their flying machines
November 13, 1907 French inventor Paul Cornu flies the first helicopter in a flight lasting 20 seconds, hovering a foot above the ground.
September 17, 1908 Army Lt. Thomas Selfridge becomes the first air fatality when his Wright Flyer crashes at Fort Myer, VA.
January 19, 1910 First bombing experiment by the Army. Three 2-pound sandbags are dropped on a target.
March 8, 1910 Baroness Raymonde de Laroche of France became the first female licensed pilot, prompting her to say “Flying is the best possible thing for women.”
October 10, 1910 Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. President to fly (after his Presidency was over).
September 23, 1911 First airmail in the U.S. is carried from New York’s Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome to Mineola, NY.
March 1, 1912 U.S. Captain Albert Berry jumped 1,500 feet over Jefferson Barracks military post in St. Louis. When asked if he would repeat the performance, he said, “Never again!”
April 1912 Calbraith Rogers dies when a seagull hits the rudder of his plane. He is the first person to die from a bird striking the plane.
June 7, 1912 First machine gun mounted to a plane.
November 24, 1913 Lincoln Beachey, of California, performed the first “loop the loop” in his specially-built Curtiss, becoming the “father “ of aerobatic flying
January 1, 1914 America’s first regularly scheduled airline starts operation. The Benoist Co., using a Benoist flying boat, begins flights that cross Florida’s Thunder Bay, between St. Petersburg and Tampa. One-way tickets for the St. Petersburg/Tampa Airboat Line cost $5.00 for a gross weight of 200 pounds, including baggage. The operation lasts three months.
April 1914 Airplanes are used for the first time in warfare, with the U.S. using them in reconnaissance during hostilities with Mexico.
September 2, 1916 Airlines in flight communicate with each other for the first time.
February 5, 1919 World’s first sustained daily passenger airline service, Deutsche Luftreederie, later known as Lufthansa takes off from Berlin to Weimar, Germany.
June 14-15, 1919 First non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean takes 16 hours and 12 minutes.
November 12, 1921 Wesley May climbs from the wing of one aircraft to the wing of another with a 5-gallon can of gasoline strapped to his back, making the first “air-to-air” refueling.
1922 Britain’s Daimler Airways features “Cabin Boys,” early flight attendants. They served no refreshments, but their presence gives a “comfortable formality” to the flight.
April 6, 1925 A single-reel short film becomes the first “in-flight” movie on a Deutsche Lufthansa flight
March 16, 1926 Robert Goddard launches the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Massachusetts.
May 20-21 1927 Charles Lindbergh flies his plane, The Spirit of St. Louis, from New York to Paris. It’s the first solo, non-stop transatlantic flight.
1929 The first 99 licensed female pilots start a club called “The Ninety-Nines,” with Amelia Earhart serving as the first president.
1929 Delta airlines established in the U. S.
September 24, 1929 The first U.S. airport hotel opened at Oakland airport.
1930 Ellen Church, a registered nurse, becomes the first “stewardess” on a Boeing Air Transport (later United Airlines). The service recruited nurses in order to help passengers feel safer.
October 25 1930 Commercial air service begins between New York and Los Angeles.
February 21, 1931 The first plane hijacking occurred at Arequipa, Peru. A group of Peruvian rebel soldiers tried to force two American pilots to fly them about and drop propaganda leaflets over Lima. The pilots refuse to take off and the rebels end their hijacking on March 2 without damage to the plane.
May 21, 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
1935Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly from Hawaii to the West Coast.
May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg explodes while attempting to land in Lakehurst, New Jersey; 36 people die.
June 28, 1939 22 passengers flew on the first regular transatlantic flight from Port Washington NY to Marseilles, France (via the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal). One-way on the Pan American Boeing 314 cost $375 (equal to $4939.75 in 2003)
August 27, 1939 The Heinkel He 178, built by Germans Hans von Ohain (physicist) and Ernst Heinkel (aircraft builder) becomes the first jet aircraft, flying for six minutes
July 8, 1940 The Boeing Stratoliner is the first to offer service with a pressurized cabin. Aircraft can now fly at an altitude up to 20,000 feet.
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