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Aviation history refers to the history of development of mechanical flight — from the earliest attempts in kite-powered and gliding flight, to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and spaceflights. The first form of man-made flying objects were kites. The earliest known record of kite flying is from around 200 B.C. in China, when a general flew a kite over enemy territory to calculate the... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Aviation history

    Aviation history refers to the history of development of mechanical flight—from the earliest attempts in kites and gliders to powered heavier-than-air, supersonic and spaceflights.
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    Category:Aviation history

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    Aviation

    Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, esp. heavier-than-air aircraft. ... Main article: Aviation history
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    Timeline of aviation

    This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. Timeline of aviation - pre-18th century
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    Aviation history of Hong Kong

    Seven years after the first flight of a heavier-than-air controlled aeroplane in 1903, planes were already flying in Hong Kong. The first privately owned airport in Hong Kong was located in Sha Tin.
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    Aviation archaeology

    Aviation archaeology, also known as aerospace archaeology, aircraft archaeology, crash hunting, wreck chasing, or wreckology, is an activity practiced by both outdoor recreationists and academics in pursuit of finding, documenting, recovering, and preserving sites important in aviation history. For the most part, these sites are aircraft wrecks and crash sites, but also include structures and facilities related to aviation.
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    History of aviation in Pittsburgh

    Aviation history in the Pittsburgh region is one of the richest in the world, the first transcontinental flight, first regularly scheduled air mail service and a leading region in manufacture and innovation during both World Wars, the Pittsburgh area has much to discover about aviation's past. ... Aviation history
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    History of aviation in Maun

    Maun is the busiest airport in Botswana and also the second busiest in southern Africa after the Johannesburg complex - the international airport, Lanseria, Grand Central and Rand airports.. ... Aviation history
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    Aviation museum

    An aviation museum, air museum or aerospace museum is a museum exhibiting the history and artifacts of aviation. ... Many aviation museums concentrate on military or civil aviation, or on aviation history of a particular era, such as pioneer aviation, aircraft of World War Two or a specific type of aviation, such as gliding.

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