Home›Air and Space Mode›Medium›AirBrowse ByAirFactsAirSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEra of EmergenceWell-attested1783 CE 1AirFilter Results9 entriesMode FamilyAllCommercial and General Aviation Modes (6)Recreational Flight Modes (3)Origin YearAll1852 (1)1903 (1)1910 (2)1920 (1)1948 (1)1978 (1)Broader ModeAllAviation (6)Cargo or PassengerAllBoth (1)Freight (2)Pioneered ByAllAlberto Santos-Dumont (1)Gustave Whitehead (1)Igor Sikorsky (1)Orville Wright (1)Richard Pearse (1)Wilbur Wright (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 9Air CargoAirAirship TransportAirAviationAirDrone TransportAirGeneral AviationAirGlidingAirHang GlidingAirParaglidingAirSeaplane TransportAirSources1. Wikipedia: History of aviationtier 2WikipediaHistory of aviation, 21 November 1783 Montgolfier flightQuote, History of aviation, 21 November 1783 Montgolfier flightOn 21 November, the Montgolfiers launched the first free flight with human passengers.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.