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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.
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1804 Sir George Cayley
flies his first successful glider model.
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1804 Sir George Cayley
flies his first successful glider model.
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1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright
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1903 Orville and Wilbur Wright
fly the 605 lb frankenstein Flyer- the first airplane flight.
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1932 Amelia Earhart flies solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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1949
Lucky Lady IIflies nonstop around
the globe.
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1958 Robert
Timm and John Cook
flies the longest
nonstop flight ever… 64 days!
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1960s NASA and the U.S. Air Force
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1960s
fly the fastest top speed achieved. NASA and the U.S. Air Force
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1960s
fly the fastest top speed achieved. NASA and the U.S. Air Force
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2012
Felix Baumgartner
completes the highest altitude
skydive.