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For mankind, wings are a symbol of freedom and power. Angels, Demons and creatures are represented with wings
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Flight is imagined with moving wings Figure from http://www.drawingsofleonardo.org/
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Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent, marquis d'Arlandes, ascending in a Montgolfier balloon at the Château de la Muette, Paris, November 21, 1783 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Montgolfier-brothers/media/1404137/110557
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Cayley established the modern configuration of an airplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control as early as 1799 (see Silver Disc machine). In 1804 he flew the first successful glider model of which there is any record. His work culminated in 1853 with the completion of a full-scale glider that carried his reluctant coachman on the first manned glider flight on record. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sir-George-Cayley
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Otto flyed with gliders and even had commercialised them. Source: https://www.dw.com/pt-br/1896-%C3%BAltimo-voo-do-inventor-otto-lilienthal/a-606368
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Picture of Zeppelin LZ 1 The Zeppelin LZ 1 is considered as first successful experimental rigid airship. At its first trial it carried five people, reached an altitude of 410 m (1300 ft) and flew a distance of 3.7 miles (5.95 km) in 17 minutes. But as one of the engines had failed the wind then forced an emergency landing. After repairs the ship flew two more times. Graf von Zeppelin had to dismantle the zeppelin and sell the tools and scrap and then liquidate the company.
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Santos-Dumont going around the Eiffel Tower with its No. 6 Dirigible on 19 October 1901. source: Museu Aeroespacial, Rio de Janeiro https://www.aiaa.org/SecondaryTwoColumn.aspx?id=15163
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First flight of the Wright Flyer I, December 17, 1903, Orville piloting, Wilbur running at wingtip.
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On 10 June 1905, Count Henri de la Vaulx, Vice President of the Aero Club of France, Major Moedebeck of the German Airship League and Fernand Jacobs, President of the Aero Club of Belgium, gave a presentation to the Olympic Congress of Brussels on their proposal for a "Fédération Aéronautique Internationale". .... https://www.fai.org/history
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The first sustained flight of a fixed-wing craft took place on 23 october 1906 in France. source
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Conceived by Louis Béchéreau and Frederick Koolhoven and sponsored by Belgian silk merchant and manufacturer Armand Deperdussin, the Deperdussin Monocoque introduced the stressed-skin shell structure to aircraft design. https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/airplanes-that-transformed-aviation-46502830/?page=2
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In Brazil, Varig operated this aircraft
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Some of the significant historic events and achievements at London Croydon Airport include:-
birthplace of Air Traffic Control
innovation of "Mayday" international distress call
world's first integral airport terminal
world's first Air Traffic Control Tower
establishment of Britain's national airline, Imperial Airways
site of multiple world record- breaking flights
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It was founded in 1921 by Donald Wills Douglas Sr. and later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas, when it then operated as a division of McDonnell Douglas. McDonnell Douglas later merged with Boeing in 1997.
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he Act created an Aeronautic Branch assigned to the United States Department of Commerce, and vested that entity with regulatory powers to ensure a degree of civil air safety. Among these powers were: testing and licensing pilots, issuing certificates to guarantee the airworthiness of aircraft, making and enforcing safety rules, certificating aircraft, establishing airways, operating and maintaining aids to air navigation, and investigating accidents and incidents in aviation
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Qantas Empire Airways Short Empire flying boats at Rose Bay in Sydney Harbour (c.1939)
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DC-3 made airlines a profitable business https://www.boeing.com/history/products/dc-3.page
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End of transatlantic routes:
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d initiate Trans Atlantic service with the Boeing 314 "Yankee Clipper" http://www.everythingpanam.com/
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Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the first pressurized commercial airliner. Aeroflap -
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First pressurized cabin Um Constellation L-749A da TWA em Heathrow, 1954, com um container sob a fuselagem. https://lockheedmartin.com/en-us/news/features/history/constellation.html
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One of these was a highly accurate monopulse tracking radar designated the AN/FPS-16, which was capable of an angular accuracy of about 0.1 milliradian (roughly 0.006 degree).
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First successfull jetliner
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By 1987, the 737 was the most ordered plane in commercial history. In January 1991, 2,887 737s were on order, and Models 737-300, -400 and -500 were in production.
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LCC carrier
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In 1972 the world’s first widebody twin-aisle commercial aircraft performed its maiden flight, the first steps towards changing the face of modern aviation.
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The Concorde made its first transatlantic crossing on September 26, 1973, and it inaugurated the world’s first scheduled supersonic passenger service on January 21, 1976—British Airways initially flying the aircraft from London to Bahrain and Air France flying it from Paris to Rio de Janeiro. Both airlines added regular service to Washington, D.C., in May 1976 and to New York City in November 1977.
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A320 pioneers fly-by-wire in commercial aviation
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Worlds heaviest, biggest airplane. Just one acft in operation
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Automated systems allowed specialisms such as design and engineering to merge, creating more efficiencies and cost benefits for companies. Source: https://simpleflying.com/boeing-777-computer-aided-design-milestone/ -
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EASA takes over JAA
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Fast-Forwarding to a Future of On-Demand Urban Air Transportation," was published on 2016 https://evtol.news/__media/PDFs/UberElevateWhitePaperOct2016.pdf
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World’s largest plane destroyed in Ukraine by Russia -
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