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First powered flight by Wright brothers, 1903.

Introduction of the 'Jumbo Jet', a wide-body commercial airliner and cargo transport aircraft, 1969.

Supersonic passenger airliner, a product of a British-French collaboration, retired in 2003.

One of the most significant transport aircraft, first flight in 1935.

World's largest passenger airliner, first commercial flight in 2007.

The invention of the turbojet engine, independently developed in the 1930s by Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain.

First public demonstration of untethered hot air balloon flight, 1783.

First aircraft to cross the English Channel in 1909.

First mass-produced helicopter, 1942.

Long-range reconnaissance aircraft, holds the record for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft since 1976.

First aircraft to break the sound barrier in level flight, 1947.

First operational aircraft to be designed around stealth technology, introduced in 1983.

First reusable spacecraft, its first launch was in 1981.

A type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, first flew in 1900.

Advanced bomber used in World War II, introduced in 1944.

The first aircraft powered by solar energy to circumnavigate the Earth, completed in 2016.

The development of the ATC system to regulate aircraft traffic on the ground and in the air, officially in use since the 1920s.

Technology that allows an aircraft to fly automatically, first used in the 1910s by Lawrence Sperry.

Integration of GPS technology into aviation, transforming navigation since the 1980s.