History of Flight 1917-1941

History of Flight beginning 1500 AD:

1500-1800 | 1800-1916 | 1917-1941 | 1941-1999 | 2000 - Present |


	1917 Durand - Wind Tunnel built at Stanford University, USA 5.5 ft diameter 1917 Curtiss - Wind Tunnel built in Hempstead, New York, USA 7 ft diameter


	1917 William F. Durand - First Vertical Wind Tunnel Stanford University 5.5 ft


	1918 Wind Tunnel - National Physical Laboratory, England 7 x 14 ft 1918 Wind Tunnel - Bureau of Standards, USA 4.5 ft octagon


	1918 McCook Field Wind Tunnel- Using a 24-blade fan of 60 inches diameter, the tunnel developed a maximum air speed of 453 miles per hour at its 14-inch diameter choke-throat test area.


	1919 Vickers Vimy - First Trans Atlantic Crossing 1919 Ober - Wind Tunnel built at MIT, USA 4 x 4 ft 1919 Durand - Wind Tunnel built at Stanford University, USA 7.5 ft diameter


	1920 NACA Wind Tunnel No. 1- Completed in at Langley Field Virginia. It was essentially a carbon copy of 10-year-old English wind tunnel 50 m.p.h.


	1921 Max Munk - Langley Laboratory's Variable Density Tunnel (VDT).


	1922 Lt. Harold R. Harris - Made the first emergency parachute jump 1926 First Successful Liquid-Propellant Rocket 1930 Amy Johnson - First solo flight for a woman 1931 Supermarine S6B - World Speed Record 656Km. 1935 First Free Spinning Vertical Tunnel - Langley 15 ft diameter 1937 First Free Flight Wind Tunnel - Langley 5 ft


	1939 Second Free Flight Wind Tunnel - Langley 19 ft High Pressure Tunnel


	1940 Two Atmospheric Wind Tunnels - Moffet Field, CA NACA Ames Laboratory The two tunnels were identical in design, with a closed-throat, single-return circuit operating at atmospheric pressure. Airspeeds in the test section reached about 250 mph.


	1941 Gloster E28/39 - First jet aircraft


	1941 Second Free Spinning Vertical Tunnel - Langley 20 ft diameter


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