Powered flight began over 100 years ago and technology and aircraft design have, of course, changed a considerable amount since.
Let’s take a look at the key moments and events in the development of the airplane.

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Douglas DC3    • Douglas DC3178 NC17334 010520131  
British Airways history    • Aviators, British Airways To Fly To S...  
737 Assembly construction factory    • Flying Out the Door: How Boeing Keeps...  
A320 production from start to finish    • A320 production: from start to finish  
A320 Indigo    • A320neo Water Cannon Salute  
A320neo    • Relive the A320neo’s historic first f...  
747 Delta Boeing132 Commercial 1972    • Delta Boeing 747132 Commercial  1972  
747 Pan Am    • The World’s Best Pan Am 747 Video  
747 British Airways BA Landor    • British Airways  Landor 747 Arrival  
747 klm    • Big plane, short runway | Cockpit Tal...  
747 klm    • KLM landing Sint Maarten  In slow mo...  
Pan Am's Ad 747 (Commercial, 1969, color)    • Pan Am's Brand New 747 (Commercial, 1...  
A380 Emirates in Cairo    • Emirates A380 lands in Cairo | Emirat...  
A380 Emirates Beirut    • Emirates' A380 makes a historic landi...  
A380 Airbus    • The Airbus A380: New generation, new ...  
A380 hi Fly    • Hi Fly makes History in Portuguese Av...  
Aerion    • AS2 Engineering Oct. 2017  
Aerion    • Video  
Boom Supersonic    • Overture | The airliner  
Boom XB1    • Supersonic returns: XB1 rollout  
Boom    • The Future is Supersonic  
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A350 Iberia In the making Dzr01oIIzbc
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Concorde VRP_jkjOTC8
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Concorde Air France Kansai gAangBlXBCM
707 Qantas CserWEdSa7M
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