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History Of Commercial Aviation
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History Of Commercial Aviation
Bibliography
- http://www.aa.com/i18n/amrcorp/corporateInformation/facts/history.jsp
- http://celticowboy.com/Early%20Acft%20Photo.htm
- http://www.burnsmcd.com/Aviation-Special-Report/Article/Timeline-of-Commercial-Aviation
By: Omar Namaani
And
Danny Schneider
Pressurized Cabins
The DC-3
The First Major Airliners
Boeing 247
B-307 Stratoliner
Air Commerce Act of 1926
AirMail
Jet Engines
1917: The Long Journey
Bell P-59 (1941)
Tampa Bay Air-boat Line
Glenn Curtiss 1\1\1914
American Airlines
1930's
1950's
1970's
American moved its headquarters from New York City to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas in 1979. The new headquarters complex also included The Learning Center, a training facility; the Flight Academy, the pilot training facility, and the Southern Reservations Office.
On June 25, 1936, American was the first airline to fly the Douglas DC-3 in commercial service. By the end of the decade, American was the nation's number one domestic air carrier in terms of revenue passenger miles. On Feb. 16, 1937, American carried its one-millionth passenger
On Jan. 25, 1959, American became the first airline to offer coast-to-coast jet service with the Boeing 707. Also in Jan. 1959, American introduced the Lockheed Electra, the first U.S. designed turboprop airplane. American continued into the jet age with the introduction of the turbofan engine in 1961, another industry first for American, and with the Convair 990 in 1962, also powered by fan-jets.
First Flight
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1980
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1970
1930
Flight At Kitty-Hawk, N.C.
1950
1980's
1940's
1960's
December 17, 1903
American Airlines: Present Day
Between the 1980's and the Present day, American has not made many technological Innovations, except more fuel efficient , and higher capacity planes.
In 1944, American introduced the first domestic scheduled U.S. freight service with the DC-3. As the business grew, Douglas DC-4, DC-6A and DC-7 freighters were put into service in the 1940s and 1950s.
In 1983, American added the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (Super 80) and announced an agreement with Pan American World Airways to exchange Boeing 747s for Pan Am's McDonnell Douglas DC-10s.
Due the the rise of Fuel Prices In the fall of 1984, American retired its 747 cargo freighter fleet and focused on smaller shipments carried in the bellies of its passenger aircraft.
American added other jets throughout the 1960s and 70s, including the Boeing 727 (1964) and the Boeing 747 (1970), as the older aircraft were retired. American's last piston airplane flight was operated with a DC-6 in Dec. 1966. In 1968, American was the first to order the McDonnell Douglas DC-10, which made its first scheduled flight in Aug. 1971