1783

Jean François Pilâtre de Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes make the first free aerial voyage in a Montgolfier ​ (a)  

1852
Henri Giffard's steam-powered ​ (a)   makes first flight.

1895
Otto Lilienthal flies biplane ​ (a)   .

1903
Orville and Wilbur Wright make first powered, sustained, and controlled ​ (a)   in a heavier-than-air flying ​ (b)   .

1926

Robert H. Goddard makes first free flight of a liquid-fueled ​ (a)   .

1927

Charles A. Lindbergh completes first solo, nonstop trans-​ (a)   flight.

1930

Frank Whittle, British inventor, invents the ​ (a)   engine.

1947

Charles E. Yeager pilots Bell X-1—the first aircraft to exceed the speed of ​ (a)   in level flight.

1961

Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, is the first man in ​ (a)   .