First flights of different planes - when did they take place

[CLW_aviator]

Hello,

I would like to ask whether there is a website that would provide information on when did the first flights of different plane prototypes take place? Maybe there is such a list and I just wasn`t able to find it?

[ElcoB]

Indeed, hard to find such a list. But you can start here:

FromWikepedia:

* December 17, 1903 - Wright Flyer. First heavier-than-air aircraft to fly.
* July 28, 1935 - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress.
* December 17, 1935 - Douglas DC-3.
* November 2, 1947 - Hughes H-4 Hercules. The only flight of this oversized flying boat.
* July 27, 1949 - de Havilland Comet. First jet airliner.
* August 23, 1954 - Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Military transport.
* April 25, 1962 - Lockheed A-12 Blackbird. Supersonic spyplane.
* April 9, 1967 - Boeing 737. Medium-range airliner.
* December 31, 1968 - Tupolev Tu-144. Soviet Supersonic Airliner.
* February 9, 1969 - Boeing 747. Widebody airliner.
* March 2, 1969 - Anglo-French Concorde. Supersonic transport.
* April 27, 2005 - Airbus A380. Double-decker airliner.


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