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Altitude in Horizontal Flight
Height (ft) Date Pilot Place 85,068.997 July 28, 1976 Capt. Robert C. Helt (USAF) Beale AFB, Calif. Altitude Absolute World Records Altitude, Aircraft…Altitude, Aircraft Launched from a Carrier Airplane
Height (ft) Date Plane typePilot Place314,750.00 July 17, 1962 N. American X-15-1 Maj. Robert White (USAF) Edwards AFB, Calif. Altitude in Horizontal FlightAbsolute World RecordsAn American Heroine
Amelia Earhart and her Lockheed Electra Over sixty years after Amelia Earhart vanished mysteriously in the Pacific during her attempt to become the first person to circumnavigate the…Recreating the Wright Stuff
Full scale replica of the 1903 Wright Flyer in a 40 foot by 80 foot wind-tunnel. A full-scale replica of the historic 1903 Wright Flyer was constructed and delivered to NASA's Ames…Early 20th-Century Developments in Human Flight
Kitty Hawk to World War II The Wright brothers near Kitty Hawk, NC. Although there is some debate about who was the first to fly an airplane, credit for this feat is usually given to Wilbur (…Over and on the Sea
Over and on the Sea One of the next major advancements in human flight came in response to a contest sponsored by The Daily Mail of London, which offered a prize to the first aviator to fly…Aerobatics
Aerobatics The American public may have known airplanes best for their acrobatic flying, or aerobatics, in the years immediately following the Wright brothers' flights because of large cash…Early Military Developments
Early Military Developments Before 1914 militaries used airplanes mostly for surveying of enemy territory. (In 1913, the U.S. Army had only six active pilots and the fledgling U.S.…Technological Advancements
Technological Advancements Certain advancements during the 1920s in the design and technology of aircraft gave the United States a new role in the international sphere of aviation.…Cayley's Helicopter
Sir George Cayley's Helicopter design Sir George Cayley of England (1773–1857) designed the first practical helicopter in 1842–43. He designed and built the first successful man-carrying…Trending
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