Milestones in transport
BC
- c. 3500 first wheeled vehicles, included early from of war chariot, used in Sumerian.
AD
- 1400 Advent of versatile three-masted ship.
- 1769 First steam-powered road vehicles, built by Nicolas Cugnot.
- 1783 First human to fly in a hot –air balloon was J.E Pilatre.
- 1804 Richard Trevithich constructed the first successful stem locomotive.
- 1818 Macadam paving for roads was developed by John L. McAdam.
- 1822 Iron paddle –steamer was used for the first time.
- 1839 Pedal-driven bicycle was invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan.
- 1852 First airship was built.
- 1885 Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz the first petrol engine motor cars.
- 1890 Electric underground railway was introduced.
- 1894 First ships driven by steam turbine came in to begin.
- 1903 First successful powered aero plane flight by Wilbur and Orville Wright was carried our.
- 1919 First non-stop trans-Atlantic flight was made by John Alcock and Arthur Brown.
- 1921 First diesel locomotive cane in regular service.
- 1937 Prototype helicopter the FW61 was successfully tested.
- 1939 Construction and flight of the first jet aircraft by the Heinkel Company of Germany.
- 1949 De Havilland Comet was the first commercial jet airliner.
- 1952 First commercial jet airline service was introduced.
- 1954 The submarine ship was launched by the US navy.
- First hovercraft was invented.
- 1962 First nuclear –powered merchant ship was invented.
- 1968 First supersonic airliner Concorde was invented.
- 1970First jumbo jet came into being.
*The 2002 BMW 28 is the costliest BMW. It is a high performance 2-seat sports car fully equipped with a computer and golf set and costs $118,460.
*The Concorde flies at supersonic speed.
*The first underground railway in the world was started in London in 1863.
*Caravel was constructed in around 1490. Portuguese explorers sailed south in caravels to explore the African coast.
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