Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is the world's ...



Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is the world's busiest airport.  An airplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds.  (Submitted by CYGoalie00)

Orville Wright was at the controls during the Wright Brothers famous flight. The flight lasted only 12 seconds

The Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., could have been performed within the 150-foot (45-m) economy section of a 747-400.

A 747-400 has six million parts, half of which are fasteners.

A 747-400 has 171 miles (274 km) of wiring and 5 miles (8 km) of tubing.

May 28, 1924-The first aircraft to fly around the world.

Spruce Goose 400,000 lb L: 218'6" S: 320' The largest aircraft of all time.

Harriet Quimby- First Woman to Fly the English Channel, 1912

Amelia Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross,[3] which she was awarded as the first woman "aviatrix" to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.[4]

The first machine to carry people up in the air was a balloon. It was built by the Mongolfier brothers and first flew in Paris in 1783.

In 1969, the Concorde was the first passenger plane to fly faster than sound.

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The home-built Bede BD-5J Microjet owned by Juan Jimenez of San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA, weighs 162 kg (358 lb), is 3.7 m (12 ft) long, has a 5.7 m (17 ft) wingspan, and can fly at 483 km/h (300 mph). (Smalles Airplane)

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