Milestones of Air Transport
First Flight with Jet Engine
- 28 August 1939 using Hans von Ohion’s engine
- HE-178 with 700 KMPH
Shattering the sonic barrier
- 14 October 1947 by Charles Yeager
- Bell X-1 aircraft, 1127 KMPH, 13.1 km alt.
First non-stop round-the-air flight
- 9 days from 13th December 1986
- Dick Rutan & Andrea Yeager on Voyager
- 40000 km, 3600 kg fuel (81.4% WTO)