Originally published in 2000
A Century of Flight Achievements
1903 – Wright Brothers make the first sustained, powered, heavier-than air flight.
1927 – Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo transatlantic air crossing, New York to Paris.
1947 – Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier.
1953 – Jackie Cochran becomes first woman to break the sound barrier.
1961 – Alan Shepard becomes second person-and first American-in space.
1969 – First men on the moon: Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin.
1976 – Concorde initiates supersonic passenger service.
1986 – Voyager makes an unrefueled, nonstop, around-the world flight (24,986 miles).
1993 – Global Positioning System (GPS) becomes a reality.
1999 – First woman to command a Space Shuttle mission (Col. Eileen M. Collins).
Source: Plane & Pilot, December 1999