On October 14, 1947, Captain Chuck Yeager, a World War II fighter pilot, became the first to break the sound barrier. He did i t in a four rocket motored experimental aircraft called the Bell X-1.
The distance covered by the Wright Brothers during their first flight was 120ft
Post completed the first round-the-world solo flight of over 25,000km in his single-engine Lockheed Vega 5B aircraft "Winnie Mae".
On May 20, 1927, Charles Lindbergh left New York on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. In thirty-three and a half hours he landed near Paris, France, 3,600 miles away.
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She first appeared in 1928 in Plane Crazy. When she first appeared on TV has apparently been lost to history.
There was not a special name for the first flight that went faster than the speed of sound. However, when a plane does go faster than sound, it said to be traveling at supersonic speeds.
The first powered flight was in a plane designed by the Wright Brother's, who called it the Wright Flyer.
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There are a number of claims concerning the first plane to fly faster than sound but some of these claims can not be verified or took place in circumstances which did not count as powered level flight. It is generally accepted that first flight faster than sound that could be officially documented was achieved by Chuck Yeager on October 14, 1947.
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Flight AttendantPreviously called a Flight Steward.