Manufacturing Biz #2 - Magazine - Page 11
HOW THEY VOTED TRANSPORT
INNOVATIONS OF THE LAST 90 YEARS
1.
1976 - Concorde makes first passenger-carrying supersonic flight
2.
1957 - First flight of a commercial jet airliner
3.
1994 - The opening of the channel tunnel
4.
1958 - First commercial jet airliner
5.
1981 - Maiden flight of the space shuttle
6.
1960 - Launch of the first Sat Nav
7.
1951 - Creation of power steering
8.
1988 - First airbag
9.
1934 - Introduction of the Driving Test
10.
1955 - Creation of the Hovercraft
11.
1959 - The first three-point seat belt
12.
2022 - First zero-emissions electric flight takes place
13.
1939 - First practical helicopter built
14.
1949 - First zebra crossing
15.
1971 - The Lunar Roving vehicle is used on the moon
16.
1964 - Launch of the Bullet Train
17.
1939 - Creation of automatic transmission
18.
1967 - Automatic Train Operation: London Underground
19.
2010 - Launch of the world's first mass-produced electric car
20.
1984 - Driverless Cars
21.
1953 - First air conditioning in a car
22.
2022 - First railway line run by hydrogen-powered trains
23.
1971 - ABS technology first used on a car
24.
1940 - First electric bus delivered
25.
2003 - First automatic parking
26.
2016 - First hydrogen-powered flight
27.
1984 - First car with a CD player
28.
2001 - First hands-free Bluetooth kit
29.
2018 - First driverless trams tested
30.
1958 - Creation of cruise control
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