How Flight Has Changed

Flight has long been something that humans have aimed to achieve – the first ever human flight (that was successful) took place in 1783 when the Montgolfier brothers took off in their hot air balloon and flew five miles. However, it would take over 100 years for the first ever plane to take off.

The first motor powered aeroplane took off on its first flight in December 1903, which lasted 12 seconds. From this point more inventors followed the example set by the Wright brothers and by 1927, aviation was testing the limits of the machines and their pilots and inventors – it was in this year that Charles Lindbergh made the first flight over the Atlantic without stopping, from New York to Paris.

During the second world war, engineering knowledge had increased more and more, and aircraft were used in combat a lot – from the blitz to the battle of Britain, much of the war was fought in the skies.

When the war ended it was the technology that had advanced these aircraft that helped to create the first passenger jets as we know them. Through the 50s and 60s, people started to travel abroad by plane and in 1969, Concorde became the first supersonic passenger plane to transport people.

Nowadays, we have all of the knowledge of these early aircraft as well as modern materials that allows aviation parts suppliers like this aerfin.com/beyond-fleet-services/beyond-engine/ to help create better passenger planes, and flying abroad is something that is now accessible to most people, not just those who are very wealthy.