HOW A PLANE WORKS

Time line

1930 1000 BCE – First kites                

852 BCE – A king tries to fly

1485–1500 – da Vinci designs planes

1709 – Model glider design

1783 – hot air balloon flight

1843 – Biplane design

1895 – Biplane gliders 1930

1903 – First powered flight

1904 – First powered flight in New Zealand

1911 – New Zealander launches glider

1927 – First trans-Atlantic flight

1932 – First woman flies across Atlantic

1932–1937 – Record-breaking flights

1939 – First jet-propelled aircraft

1940s – Aerial agriculture developed in NZ

1947 – Aircraft exceeds speed of sound

1969 – First supersonic transport flight

1970 – First Boeing 747 commercial flight

1976 – Concorde passengers

1979 – Longest human-powered flight

1986 – First non-stop flight around world

2005–2006 – First non-stop world solo flights

2009 – New glider record

2011 – Martin jetpack

2016 – solar flight around the world