Otto Lilienthal flies his first manned glider in the first of series of over 2,000 experimental gliders
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Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was the firstpassenger plane to fly overseas !!
they were the first to fly.
Amelia Earhart was the first female to fly by herself across the Atlantic Ocean. She was attempting to fly across the world whenever she disappeared in the 1930s.
Chuck Yeager was the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound. He achieved this in 1947.
They were the first to fly an airplane successfully. The Wright brothers were not brilliant scientists, however they used scientific test and analysis to develope new designs that allowed the airplane to fly. They built a wind tunnel and measured the forces on their wing designs. They built gliders that were flown like a kit and then gliders that could carry a person. They added an engine to it and were the first person to fly a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft.