Airplane Timeline 2 - Timeline Help

Airplane timeline 2 of 3 from 1911 to 1940s at Timeline Help.

- 1911 - 1913 - 1914 - 1916

U.S. Army military flight school is founded. Retractable landing gear is invented. First aerial advertising aka sky writing. Automatic pilot principle discovered, later in airplane timeline 2 this invention will be improved. Altitude record of 16,072 feet.

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- 1917 - 1919 - 1921 - 1924 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929 - 1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1935 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939 - 1939 - 1940s

Aircraft Manufacturers Association is established. German mechanics scientist Hugo Junkers creates Junkers J4. First plane crossing the Atlantic Ocean nonstop, from Newfoundland to Ireland. First refueling in the air aerial. The pressurized cabin airplane is used. An airplane flies for the forst time over the North Pole. Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris in the Spirit of St Louis. This event is a historical milestone. The electromechanical flight simulator is invented. First woman crosses the Atlantic Ocean by air. An airplane flies for the forst time over the South Pole. Endurance record with a Fokker C-2A 172, the craft fklieshours, 176 hours 321 minutes and 2 seconds non-stop. British mecanic Frank Whittle creates the jet engine. Glider flight with a rocket powered engine. Non-stop transatlantic solo flight by Amelia Earhart in a Lockheed Vega 5B from Los Angeles to Newark. The Boeing 247, the Douglas RD-2 Dolphin presidential air plane, and the Douglas DC-1 are introduced. Douglas DC-3 passenger airliner presented. Jet engines are improved. Lockheed 14 sets a global speed record in 3 days, 19 hours and 8 minutes. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Many air battles during World War II. Russian-born Igor Sikorsky creates the US Army VS-300 single main rotor helicopter. Germany contructs the Heinkel 178 fighter. The autopilot is improved.

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Bibliography of the Airplane Timeline 2

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Kinert, R (1969). Racing Planes and Air Races. A Complete History 1909-1967.
Huntington, R (1989). Thompson Trophy Racers. The Pilots and Planes of America's Air Racing Glory Days 1929-1949.
Gething, M and Endres, G (2007). Jane's Aircraft Recognition Guide Fifth Edition. Jane's Recognition Guides.
Polmar, N (2008) Aircraft Carriers. History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events: Vol. II, 1946-2006.
Braulick, C (2006). U.S. Air Force Spy Planes.




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