7 Most Inspiring
Aviation Feats
@KineticDHM
"While with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod the high untrespassed sanctity of space, put out my hand and touched the face of God.” - John Gillespie
Magee, Jr.
1804 Sir George Cayley
flies his first successful glider model.
1804 Sir George Cayley
flies his first successful glider model.
1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright
1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright
fly the 605 lb frankenstein Flyer- the first airplane flight.
1932 Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
1949
Lucky Lady IIflies nonstop around
the globe.
1958 Robert
Timm and John Cook
flies the longest
nonstop flight ever… 64 days!
1960s NASA and the U.S. Air Force
1960s
fly the fastest top speed achieved. NASA and the U.S. Air Force
1960s
fly the fastest top speed achieved. NASA and the U.S. Air Force
2012
Felix Baumgartner
completes the highest altitude
skydive.