The Rutan Model 76 Voyager was the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. The flight took off on December 14, 1986, and ended on December 23.
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Concorde aircraft made up a fleet of 20 anglo-French turbojet powered supersonic passenger jet Airliners.
The Lockheed/Boeing/General Dynamics YF-22 first flight 29 September 1990 was an American single-seat, twin-engine fighter aircraft.
30 August, 1962 – Japan conducts a test of the NAMC YS-11, its first aircraft since World War II.
The Henkel He 178 was the world’s first aircraft to fly under turbojet power. Its first flew on 27 August 1939.
The MacCready Gossamer Condor was the first human-powered aircraft capable of controlled and sustained flight; as such, it won the Kremer prize in 1977.
