The world's first jet-powered aircraft, the Heinkel He 178, completed its first flight.
The world's first scheduled transatlantic flight takes off.
The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
Aviator Howard Hughes started his around-the-world flight.
American aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared.
The first aircraft jet engine is successfully tested.
The Pedaliante, a human-powered aircraft, successfully flew 0.62 miles (1 km) in Milan, Italy.
The world's first practical helicopter lifts off.
Planes were banned from passing over the White House.
United Airlines Boeing 247 explosion.
American aviator Wiley Post becomes the first person to fly solo around the Earth.
An Imperial Airways passenger aircraft crashed in Belgium, killing all fifteen on board.
Amelia Earhart landed near Londonderry in Northern Ireland, completing her solo transatlantic flight, making her the first woman to do so.
Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland.
Duo Wiley Post and Harold Catty started their 15,474-mile around the world flight from Long Island, New York.
The first full-scale wind tunnel for airplane testing was built at Langley Field, Virginia. For ten years, it remained the largest wind tunnel in the world.
Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte successfully flew the first non-stop transatlantic flight from east to west when they landed in New York City.
Amy Johnson became the first woman to fly solo from the UK to Australia.
Ellen Church became the first female airline stewardess aboard a Boeing Air Transport flight from San Francisco to Chicago.
The 'LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin' returned to Lakehurst, New Jersey, after being the first airship to circumference the earth in one journey.
The first non-stop flight from America to Asia took place.
Newark Liberty International Airport opened, becoming the first airport in the New York City metropolitan area.
Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic.
Charles Kingsford Smith completes the world's first trans-Pacific flight.
The first flight from the West Coast to Hawaii was made by the US Army aircraft, The Bird of Paradise.
In the Spirit of St Louis, Aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first-ever solo air crossing of Atlantic.
The White Bird and its crew mysteriously disappear.
The first confirmed trip to the North Pole was carried out by the Norge, a semi-rigid Italian-built airship.
The first flight over the North Pole was completed, flown by Richard E. Byrd with co-pilot Floyd Bennett.
A team of aviators begins the first round-the-world flight in history.
The Netherlands' flag carrier airline was founded under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
The first daily passenger air service began, going from London to Paris.
Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.
Nazi-German ace fighter pilot, The Red Baron, shot down his final two victims.
Eugene Bullard became the first African-American military pilot after acquiring his pilot's license from the Aéro-Club de France.
Boeing was incorporated by William E. Boeing.
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled flight.
The first four-engine aircraft was built and flown by Igor Sikorsky.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the world's first seaplane in Martinique, France.
French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
Wright Brothers Publicly Show Off Their Flying Machine For the First Time.
French engineer Paul Cornu flew his first helicopter in Normandy.
The Wright Brothers were granted a patent for their 'flying machine' after applying for it three years earlier.
The first sustained flight of over five minutes was achieved and traveled three miles in the process.
Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight.
