Wright Brothers first flight
A jet engine
Overview
In 1903 the first ever controllable self powered airplane was invented by Orville and William Wright. About thirty years later Frank Wittle of Britian and Hans von Ohain of Germany where racing to invent the jet engine. The jet engine became used in all types of planes. The the axis, and ally militaries used them in World War Two, and the United States military has used them ever since. Jets are a status symbol and often expensive jets are used for private travel, but usually large planes like 747's are used to take a lot of people, thousands of miles away.