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__ media type="youtube" key="YyCTpZvjW1U" height="344" width="425" History of Air Travel __ By: Lauren There were many important people in the history of air travel. Orville and Wilbur Wright were two of them. They were brothers who invented and flew the first plane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina (NC) in 1903. It was a self powered craft and the flight only lasted for 12 seconds. Another important person was Amelia Earhart. She was born July 24th, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia was the first female to fly. She planned on going to college but instead she became a nurse in Toronto during World War I. At the end of the war, Amelia became a social worker in Boston. She was the first female to fly solo in 1921and Amelia was the first female to cross the Atlantic Ocean in 1932. Another important person was Charles Lindbergh. He was the first male to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Charles had a route across the Atlantic Ocean named after him by the airline TWA. He passed away August 26, 1974, at his home in Hawaii. 1783-1962 In 1783 the Mongolfier Brothers created the hot air balloon. George Cayley invented the model glider in 1804. In 1874 Felix du Temple created the Piloted Powered called the “Hop.” Clement Ader invented the piloted deroplane in 1890 In 1893 Otto Linienthal created the Controlled flights.
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Wright Brothers invented the controlled powered Flight in 1903. In 1941 First Jet powered Aircraft. Air force Major Chuck Yeager becomes the first pilot to fly faster the speed of sound in 1947. In 1962 Development of the World’s first Supersonic passenger Jet, the Concorde. Works Cited "About: The History of Flight." __Net Trekker__. "Air force." __Grolier Online__. "Airplane." __World Book Kids__.