timeline
A brief rundown covering some of the high points during the first 100 years of flight.

trial by flyer
From the start, the ground has never been very far away.
By Frank Wicks

prop-Wrights
How two brothers from Dayton added a new twist to airplane propulsion.
By Robert L. Ash, Colin P. Britcher, and Kenneth W. Hyde

jets fans
The development of the fuel-efficient turbofan engine was foretold 30 years before it became a reality.
By Michael S. Coalson

served straight up
The Archimedes screw took the flying machine in an entirely new direction.
By Jeffrey Winters, Associate Editor

transportation revolution
The 707 gave birth to a family of transports—built around its basic design—that have dominated the global airline market ever since.
By William F. Mellberg

the golden age of flight
The quarter-century following World War I yielded more engineering improvements than just about any other period in aviation history.
By Gayle Ehrenman, Associate Editor

the first hundred are the hardest
In 1903, the Wrights launched their flyer. A national agency took off a short time later on a mission that has yet to land.
By Ahmed K. Noor, Samuel L. Venneri, and Jeremiah F. Creedon

the years ahead:
Who can know the future better than those who are creating it?
By J. Victor Lebacqz, Robert Pearce, Dan Mooney, and Mal O'Neill

input/output
Not by the Seat of His Pants

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