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Precedents
Precedents of airports -
The first plane - Clement Ader
The first plane manages to take off and fly 50 meters with its Éole -
The first flight - Orville Wright
On December 17, 1903 when the first powered flight was successfully completed. -
Aerodromes
Flat terrain for aircraft landing and takeoff -
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Start of airports
Airports were a fundamental part of the evolution of aviation -
The firts airport
College Park Airport, opened in 1909, located in Maryland (USA), is the oldest that is still in operation -
1914
The German Empire is an aeronautical power with a large air force consisting of about 230 aircraft in August 1914.
The United Kingdom had started and the United States was even further behind, even in 1917, relying heavily on the French aircraft industry, especially for aircraft engines. The initial British contribution to the total Allied air force in August 1914 was some 184 aircraft. -
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First World War
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Airports in 1918
in 1918, there were 980 official landing fields -
Postwar period
In 1919 and throughout the 1920s, several airlines were established throughout Europe and the United States. -
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Golden age of aviation
This is the name given to the period between the wars that included a series of feats in air transport, which took place between those years. -
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Second World War
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After the Second World War
986 airports had been built by the end of the war, in the US alone -
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Present
There are about 42,000 thousand airports in the world.