| The First 100 Years of Aviation |
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| The first 100 years of aviation: During the first 100 years of aviation great men lived their dream by pushing the limits of great aircraft. The below time line chronicles the Hiller Aviation Museum aircraft and exhibits starting in 1869 and extending 100 years into the future. |
| Frederick Marriott
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1869 |
Avitor |
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| John J. Montgomery |
1883 |
Glider |
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1905 |
Glider (Santa Clara) |
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1911 |
Glider (Evergreen) |
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Irvin
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1908 |
Aerocycloid |
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Maupin / Lanteri
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1910 |
Black Diamond (Curtis type aircraft) |
Eugene Ely
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1911 |
Curtis Pusher |
Gonzales Brothers
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1911 |
Tractor Biplane |
Robert Fowler
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1911 |
Wright Model B (Transcontinental Exhibit, The Cole Flyer) |
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1913 |
Panama flight. (Fowler/Gage aircraft) |
Lincoln Beachy
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1914 |
Little Looper, Gnome 80 HP |
| Stanford Wind Tunnel |
1916 |
Exhibit, Dr. William Durand (Propellers and test equipment) |
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| Curtiss Jenny |
1918 |
Hispano-Suiza powered |
| Weaver Aircraft Co. |
1927 |
Waco-10, OX-6 powered |
| Monocoupe |
1928 |
Model 70, Velie powered |
| Stinson Jr. |
1929 |
SM-7, Pratt-Whitney 985 powered |
| Pietenpol |
1929 |
1960 Built aircraft Ford Model-A powered (Air Camper) |
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John Thorpe
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1933 |
Model - T-3, Boeing School of Aeronautics |
| Fairchild |
1934 |
Model-22, Wright-Gypsy powered Parasol |
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1935 |
Model-24-C8C, Warner-Scarab powered |
| Stearman-Hammond |
1935 |
Model- Y-1-S, Menasco powered Pusher |
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| Stanley Hiller Jr. |
1944 |
XH-44 Hiller-copter (Co-axial rotor system) |
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Republic Aircraft |
1946 |
Seabee, Serial number 18, Franklin Powered |
Hiller Aircraft
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1947 |
Model-J-10, First NOTAR helicopter built in America |
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1949 |
Model -360, First stable helicopter |
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1949 |
Model - Hiller Hornet (Prototype) |
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1950 |
Model -H-23-B, Army helicopter |
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1953 |
Model - Navy HOE-1 (Redesigned Hiller HJ-1 Hornet) |
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1955 |
Model - YH-32-A, First helicopter gunship (named the Sally Rand) |
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1955 |
Model - ONR, (Hiller Flying Platform) |
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1956 |
Model - XROE-1, Rotorcycle (Single man helicopter) |
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1957 |
Model - VXT-8, (Coleopter, futuristic ring-wing design) |
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1961 |
Model - 1099, (First PT-6 powered helicopter) |
Boeing Aircraft
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1969 |
Model - 2707-300, (SST, prototype first 100 feet of fuselage) |
Lockheed Aircraft
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1969 |
Model - YO-3A, (Quiet Star, Serial #01) |
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NASA/Ames
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1979 |
AD-1 Oblique Wing |
NASA/Stanford
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1985 |
Flying Model - (Oblique wing) |
Frank Christen
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1987 |
Eagle, aerobatic biplane |
Boeing Aircraft
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1988 |
Model - Condor, (Super secret robotic spy-plane) |
| McDonnell Douglas |
1990 |
Model - Exhibit (Blended wing technology) |
