1. First Powered Flight: Wright Brothers' Flyer (1903)

2. First Commercial Flight: St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line (1914)

3. First Jet Engine: British engineer Frank Whittle's WU (1937)

Record Breakers

1. Largest Plane: Antonov An-225 Mriya (640 tons, 88 meters long)

2. Fastest Plane: Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird (3,529 km/h)

3. Longest Flight: Singapore Airlines Flight SQ22 (19 hours, 9,000 km)

Innovative Features

1. First In-Flight Entertainment: Boeing 707 (1961)

2. First Commercial Airliner with Wi-Fi: Boeing 747 (2004)

3. First Flying Car: Terrafugia Transition (2012)

Unusual Designs

1. Flying Wing: Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

2. VTOL Aircraft: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey

3. Solar-Powered Plane: Solar Impulse 2

Crazy Facts

1. Airplanes are struck by lightning on average once per 1,000 hours.

2. The world's busiest airport (Atlanta) handles 2,700 flights daily.

3. Airplane tires are filled with nitrogen, not air.