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[[History of Electric Power in Aviation] ]
[[1st, Flight with electric compass, 1913] [♪ Electric ♪]]
[[1914, 1st Magneto, First machines to produce electric current using permanent magnets]]
[[1st electric generator, 1920s]]
[[Planes began to carry radios and navigation gear powered by direct current (DC) batteries]]
[[1st constant speed drive...1945] ]
[[converts variable speed of a jet engine into a constant to drive a 400Hz]]
[[constant frequency electric generator]]
[[1st Alternating Current (AC) 400Hz generator on an aircraft...1946]]
[[Civil fly by wire control system, 1st, 1969]]
[[Replaces mechanical flight control of an aircraft with an electronic interface]]
[[1st Digital fly by wire aircraft, 1972]]
[[1st Electronically controlled Variable Speed Constant Frequesncy (VSCF) 400 Hz]]
[[main generator system...1970s]]
[[1984, 1st airliner with digital fly by wire controls]]
[[1st 270Vdc Main generator system...1990]]
[[commercial aircraft integrated power management and distribution, 1995]]
[[Civil Variable Frequency (VF) min generator system, 1st, 1996]]
[[Electro hydrostatic flight controls...1998, 1st]]
[[1st electromechanical actuator flight controls, 1998]]
[[True power-by-wire device with no connection to the central hydraulic system]]
[[Business jet with fly by wire controls, 1st, 2005]]
[[1st 270Vdc starter/generator system, 2006]]
[[1st high voltage AC Starter/Generator system...2009]]
[[Aircraft with smart modular power tiles, 1st, 2009]]
[[GE Aviation announced successful completion of safety of flight testing]]
[[for the intelligent secondary power distribution for the G650 business jet, 1st, 2009]]
