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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.