Infographic: The greatest turning points in aviation Excellent Graphics)

BBC ^ | 19 January 2015

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I looked carefully and didn’t see Lindburgh on that chart...maybe i wasn’t looking in the right place? It was during the 1920’s right?

[GeronL]

interesting in that it does not mention the Concorde

[GeronL]

They ignored Lindburgh but mention Earhart doing the same thing later... weird...

[Yo-Yo]

interesting in that it does not mention the Concorde

1976 Concorde enters service.

[GeronL]

lol, did I miss it?

[Yo-Yo]

lol, yup. Just a text box, no picture.

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They also left Out Chuck Yeager, The Spirit of St Louis, The X-15, The Spitfire, and The WONDERFUL DC-10.

And the WW1 Jenny.

What were their criteria, I wonder.

[RayChuang88]

I'm surprised the BBC did not mention the following two planes:

The Deperdussin Monocoque racer, an airplane WAY ahead of its time in terms of aerodynamics and structural design:

The Boeing B-47 bomber, which pioneered many of the aerodynamic aspects of modern jet airliners:

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I thought I saw the Concprde but it was the Russian Tupelov

[SkyPilot]

Excellent! Great graphic.

Here is the lowest point of aviation.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I think they focus on aircraft.

[I cannot think of a name]

“What were their criteria, I wonder.”

Political Correctness obviously. Very little is factual with aviation.

[SkyPilot]

Here is a great aircraft - the Ercoupe. First airplane I ever soloed.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Ghetto force 1

[Hessian]

Yeager mentioned in 1947, broken ribs and all.

[dainbramaged]

My paternal grandfather was a fly along mechanic in the 6th Pursuit Squadron stationed at Luke Field, Hawaii in the early 1920s. The DH4-B he was in collided in midair with another aircraft and ended up in Pearl Harbor on 10/30/22. The pilot was killed and he spent a few months in hospital. I never got to meet him since he died three years before I was born.

[P.O.E.]

[Tailback]

I have a warm place in my heart for the DC-10. My Grandmother was a Rosie Riveter during WWII and was one of the very few Women kept on after the war. She was a kick butt hard ass women that didn’t take crap off anyone. She started off building DC-3’s/C-47’s during the war, and the last plane she was involved with was the DC-10.

I flew home from Kuwait on a MD-11 which is the descendant of the DC-10. I like to think that Grandma was watching over that flight, and she would have personally drop kicked anyone that screwed up.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the additions.