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  2. History of aviation - Wikipedia

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    The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft. Kite flying in China, dating back several hundred years BC, is considered the earliest example of man-made flight. [1]

  3. Airplane - Wikipedia

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    An airplane (North American English), an aeroplane (British English), or a plane (informal), is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. [1] Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations.

  4. Aircraft - Wikipedia

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    The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is the most produced aircraft in history.. An aircraft (pl.: aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.It counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or the dynamic lift of an airfoil, [1] or, in a few cases, direct downward thrust from its engines.

  5. History of Boeing - Wikipedia

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    The 707 and 747 formed the backbone of many major airline fleets through the end of the 1970s, including United (747 shown) and Pan Am (707 shown) Lufthansa Boeing 727 A Boeing 737, the best-selling commercial jet aircraft in aviation history. Vertol Aircraft Corporation was acquired by Boeing in 1960, [23] and was reorganized as Boeing's ...

  6. Timeline of aviation - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles.

  7. Wright brothers - Wikipedia

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    [14]: 118 The 1909 short silent film Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine (which translates to Wilbur Wright and his Flying Machine) is considered to be the first use of motion picture aerial photography as filmed from a heavier-than-air aircraft. Following a brief training flight he gave to a German pilot in Berlin in June 1911, Wilbur never ...

  8. Wright Flyer - Wikipedia

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    Numerous static display-only, nonflying reproductions are on display around the United States and across the world, making this perhaps the most reproduced single aircraft of the "pioneer" era in history, rivaling the number of copies – some of which are airworthy – of Louis Blériot's cross-Channel Bleriot XI from 1909.

  9. List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia

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    Designed and constructed the first four-engine aircraft, the Russky Vityaz cabin biplane, flew (13 May 1913); [172] and the Ilya Muromets, prototype for a commercial airplane (1914); first brief flight in a practical helicopter (14 Sep 1939). [173] Sir Charles Kingsford Smith † 9 Feb 1897 8 Nov 1935 Australia (Great Britain) (United States ...