So people could get to places faster and get to destinations that are a long distance away (E.g Sydney to California).
The first powered aircraft.
The B-29 Bomber was a design and product of the Boeing aircraft company.
The A380 is developed and built by the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus.
1905
Vance Marchbanks was a doctor who discovered a method of measuring fatigue in aircraft pilots.
He invented the Folding Wing Aircraft which helped in World War II
1903 The Wrights didn't invent the first airplane. -They built and flew the first powered, controllable aircraft. -Many men had built different aircraft before them, but none were successful at long, controlled flight.
If we are talking about aircraft lift, it was likely discovered, not invented. You can discover Gold, you don't invent it...
The Wright Brothers did NOT actually INVENT the airplane. They were builders and experimenters who followed the experiments of other inventors and builders of the time, and modified and improved other designs. The Wrights were the first to fly, control and safely land a motorized aircraft carrying a human pilot.
Amelia did not invent airplanes, she loved flying and created many records of long and unusual flights. However all her adventures were in aircraft she bought or that were owned by benefactors.
The Wright brothers (Orville and Wilbur) are typically credited with the invention of Aircraft. They were not actually the first to create and fly a fixed wing aircraft, though, this is a misnomer. They were however the first to fly a plane with aircraft controls, capable of steering and leveling the craft.
No in 1903 the wright flyer made by the wright brothers was the first aircaft ever made