when was the first airplane used in war
Aerial warfare Airplanes were put to use for war starting in 1911, initially for aerial reconnaissance, and then for aerial combat to shoot down the recon planes. Aircraft continued to carry out these roles during World War I, but the use of planes and zeppelins for strategic bombing emerged in World War I.
George Cayley In 1799 he set forth the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control.[2] [3] He was a pioneer of aeronautical engineering and is sometimes referred to as "the father of aviation."[1] He discovered and identified the four forces which act on a heavier-than-air flying vehicle: weight, lift, drag and thrust.[4] Modern aeroplane design is based on those discoveries and on the importance of cambered wings, also identified by Cayley.[5] He constructed the first flying model aeroplane and also diagrammed the elements of vertical flight.[6] He designed the first glider reliably reported to carry a human aloft. He correctly predicted that sustained flight would not occur until a lightweight engine was developed to provide adequate thrust and lift.[7] The Wright brothers acknowledged his importance to the development of aviation.[7]