To go back to the original question:-
Montgolfier balloon,
Stringfellow’s steam-powered aeroplane (ok this was a scale,unmanned model which flew,albeit inside his factory)-arguably the first powered heavier-than- air aeroplane to fly,
Then the Wright flyer (arguably the first manned HTA powered aeroplane),
Vickers Vimy- trans-Atlantic flyer,
Sikorsky VS-300 1st helicopter,
Heinkel 176, Gloster Whittle,
Bell X-1,
X-15,
TU 144 & Concorde
& Rockwell SST-1 Columbia.