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Chinese use kites to spy on there enemy's
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First people to create and fly the hot air balloon
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The north used these balloons to get tactical advantages.
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George Clayey built the first glider.
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The wright Brothers had the first sustained powered man flight.
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He flew the first airplane in Europe on October 23, 1906
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Louis Blériot was the first man to fly across the English channel.
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Became the fastest man in the world and also built ailerons for planes.
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Became Americas first women licensed pilot
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William R Hearst offered 50,000 for the first 30 day flight across America.
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Planes could Fly up to 10,000 feet and Travel at speeds of 70-80 mph. At the end planes could Fly up to 24,000 feet and Travel at speeds of 140-150 mph
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At the end of WWI 175,000 people were laid off of work
The production of commercial planes was dropped 85%
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By August of 1918 the post office had their own planes and pilots.
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John Alock and lieutenant flew across the Atlantic non stop.
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Charles Lindbergh was the first man to fly cross the Atlantic alone with no stops and it took about 33 hours.
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It allowed postal service to contract out airmail, however the contractor got 80% of the profit.
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Amelia became the first women to solo fly across the Atlantic. She also was the first women passenger across the Atlantic
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It Amended the air mail act of 1925 and allowed air caries to change for space and get bonuses for using the latest tech.
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Changed to economic and safety regulation arrangement of commercial air transportation.
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In 1935 the German Air force (Luftwaffe) was formed
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This program would train pilots for the instance of national emergency.
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The Luftwaffe Lost/Damaged 403 planes, The RAF who stressed quality vs numbers Only lost 153 planes
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Was founded to help America scout for submarines and then drop bombs out of the cockpit of the plane.
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The Japanese Planned and executed an attack on pearl harbor which pushed us into the war.
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The helicopter went into service in 1942
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Tons of troops landed on the beach and it was a slaughter and they rushed and thousands were killed and they won the day.
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Two bombs were dropped on Japan to end the war. Over 100,000 people died
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The air force was born to make a separate branch because of how important it was.
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He was the first man to fly Mach 1
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North Korea invaded south Korea.
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We got involved in the civil war between North and south Vietnam. over 25 years we tried to stop communism from flowing any further than it already was.
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War in the desert the most mass air lift ever.
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terrorist attack the twin towers and they fell down and sent people into shock.
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Drones have become part of peoples everyday life and keep growing.
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Largest number of separate targets in the shortest time ever that were destroyed.
