Orville Wright: flight of the first military airplane, 1909
The world's first military airplane is demonstrated for the U.S. Army in 1909 by Orville Wright, shown here climbing into the pilot's seat. Wright and Lieutenant Frank Purdy Lahm are catapulted down a rail and launched into the air. The machine circles the field for 1 hour 12 minutes, setting a new world's record for time aloft with pilot and passenger.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Muslim women working in a factory.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzA Boeing 747 undergoing a D-check, an extensive maintenance inspection in which much of the aircraft is disassembled and examined.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionA U.S. Air Force C-17 taking off from Palmdale, California, c. 2003.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the Battle of Britain, between Britain's Royal Air Force and Germany's Luftwaffe, which began in July 1940. From The Second World War: Triumph of the Axis (1963), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.
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NASAThis video shows a takeoff and landing of a crewed U.S. space shuttle. The shuttle's main components are a winged orbiter, a large external tank that carries the liquid fuel and oxidizer for the orbiter's three main engines, and two solid-fuel rocket boosters mounted on the sides of the external tank. The shuttle orbiter is a reusable spacecraft that reenters the atmosphere, makes an unpowered descent, and lands on a runway much like an airplane.
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NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie CollectionU.S. Air Force X1-E taking off under a B-29 from Edwards Air Force Base in California, c. 1947. On Oct. 14, 1947, flying an X-1, Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first pilot to exceed the speed of sound, or break the “sound barrier.”
