Wiley Post made the first solo flight around the world in July 1933, taking 7 days 19 hours.
The first successful powered airplane is attributed to the Wright brothers and their airplane the Wright Flyer. It should be noted that no single person invented the airplane and it was a collaboration of many advances in aeronautics by many pioneers from around the world that led to the Wright brothers' success.
The Wright Brothers were the inventors of the first successful airplane. They took off on a short flight in Kitty Hawk, Indiana in 1914.
Lt Smith and Huggs were the first to fly around the world.
Lt H.Smith and Lt Erik Nelson-Seattle to Seattle were the first to fly around the world in a plane.For more information see the related links below.
Fernaned Megelan was the first person to sail around the world and his crew.
Lt Smith and Huggs were the first to fly around the world.
An airplane can travel around the world. Its' flight would be said to be transglobal.
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There are thousands of makers of aircraft around the world.
The first female airplane designer was Elsie Macgill. She was a Canadian who was born in 1905 and was not only the first female airplane designer, she was also the world's first female aeronautical engineer.
The Wright Flyer was the first heavier-than-air powered airplane. It is now in the Smithsonian Museum.