Aerospace · Recorded milestone
Jet airliner
Recorded year1952
The de Havilland Comet, then the Boeing 707, shrink the world with jet passenger service.
Explore this milestone on the interactive mapBuilt on
Led to
- Computer reservation systemRecorded · 1960enables
- Holiday cruise lineRecorded · 1966enables
- Wide-body jumbo jetRecorded · 1970enables
- Overnight air hub deliveryRecorded · 1973enables
- Concorde supersonic airlinerRecorded · 1976enables
- Largest electric aircraft fliesRecorded · 2026enables
- Electric regional aircraftForecast · ~2031enables
- Quantum navigation in airlinersForecast · ~2036enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.