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    Transportation greatly improved during the 20th century with the widespread adoption of automobiles after World War I and the development of aircraft and space travel. Key events included the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, Henry Ford's mass production of affordable Model T cars starting in 1908, the first passenger plane service between London and Paris in 1919, and Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space in 1961.

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    Transportation greatly improved during the 20th century with the widespread adoption of automobiles after World War I and the development of aircraft and space travel. Key events included the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, Henry Ford's mass production of affordable Model T cars starting in 1908, the first passenger plane service between London and Paris in 1919, and Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space in 1961.

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    Transportation greatly improved during the 20th century with the widespread adoption of automobiles after World War I and the development of aircraft and space travel. Key events included the Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903, Henry Ford's mass production of affordable Model T cars starting in 1908, the first passenger plane service between London and Paris in 1919, and Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space in 1961.

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    Paris Metro

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    ▪ Paris Metro opened in 1900.

    Transportation in the 20th Century (PPT)

    Transportation greatly improved during the 20th century. Although the first cars appeared at
    the end of the 19th century after the First World War they became cheaper and more
    common. However in 1940 only about one in 10 families in Britain owned a car. They
    increased in number after World War II. By 1959 32% of households owned a car. Yet cars
    only became really common in the 1960s. By the 1970s the majority of families owned one.

    Aircraft and space ships are also some of the defining technologies of the twentieth
    century. Safe air travel makes it possible to visit another country for a short vacation and
    return – a luxury that would have been impossible for Magellan and Columbus to imagine.
    In contrast to the earlier periods, the 20th century is also noteworthy for making travel more
    affordable.

    1903: The Wright Brothers conduct the world’s very first flight at Kitty Hawk, North
    Carolina. Aircraft did not become widely available until the First World War when aircraft
    were used for espionage, attacks and other military purposes.

    In 1919 planes began carrying passengers between London and Paris. (The first plane
    flight in Britain was made in 1908). The first passenger jet service began in 1952.

    1908: The first Model T Ford automobile is built-in Detroit, Michigan. Various automobiles
    and cars had been built before 1908, but Ford is generally credited with successfully
    producing affordable cars in large numbers.

    1927: Pilot Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight from
    America. He covered a distance of more than 3,600 miles in only 33 hours. Passenger air
    transportation companies also came into service in this period.

    1961: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human being to reach space in
    the Vostok 1 spacecraft. The first American in space, Alan Shepard, went into space later
    in 1961.

    The Boeing 747, the first 'Jumbo jet' was introduced in 1970 and The Channel Tunnel
    opened in 1994.

    Transportation in the 20th Century (PDF)

    Transportation greatly improved during the 20th century. Although the first cars
    appeared at the end of the 19th century after the First World War they became
    cheaper and more common. Aircraft and space ships are also some of the defining
    technologies of the twentieth century.
    ▪ 1903: The Wright Brothers conduct the world’s very first flight at Kitty Hawk,
    North Carolina. Aircraft did not become widely available until the First World
    War when aircraft were used for espionage, attacks and other military
    purposes.
    ▪ 1908: The first Model T Ford automobile is built-in Detroit, Michigan. Various
    automobiles and cars had been built before 1908, but Ford is generally
    credited with successfully producing affordable cars in large numbers.
    ▪ In 1919 planes began carrying passengers between London and Paris. (The first
    plane flight in Britain was made in 1908). The first passenger jet service began
    in 1952.
    ▪ 1927: Pilot Charles A. Lindbergh completes the first non-stop trans-Atlantic

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