Airplane Timeline 3 - Timeline Help

Airplane timeline 3 of 3 from 1944 to 2005 at Timeline Help.

- 1944 - 1946 - 1947

Northrop MX-334 rocket driven airplane introduced. Douglas XB-43 jet bomber. The Bell X-1 flies faster than sound.

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- 1950s - 1951 - 1952 - 1953 - 1954 - 1957 - 1958 - 1959 - 1961 - 1964 - 1965 - 1969 - 1990 - 1990s - 1994 - 1995 - 1996 - 2000 - 2005

Boeing B-52 bomber developed. Kaman K-225 gas-turbine helicopter and the Boeing's B-47 bomber are built. British BOAC presents the De Havilland Comet, the first of a series in airplane timeline 3. American Richard Whitcomb discovers the area rule for designing aircrafts. Bell X-1A and Douglas D-558-2 fly Mach 2. Kaman HTK-1 twin-turbine helicopter presented. Dwight D Eisenhower from now on uses a helicopter, the Bell H-13J. Canadian pilot Jacqueline Cochran sets the most speed, altitude and distance records ever in the airplane timeline history. Pan American opens its international commercial service with a Boeing 707-121. McDonnell XF-4H-1 sets a new altitude record of 98,556 feet. McDonnell XF-4H-1 sets a new speed recordof 16,063 miles per hour. Geraldine Mock makes the first female Solo flight around the world. Lockheed A-12/SR-71 reaches Mach 3. Boeing 747 presented. Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird sets a transcontinental speed record of Mach 28 or 2,12405 miles per hour. Lockheed creates the Stealth F-117 fighter. Boeing 777-200. Boeing 777. American and Russian aerospace companies develop the second-generation supersonic jetliner. Concorde crash in Paris. Steve Fossett makes a non-stop non-refueled solo flight around the world.

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