Aviation
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Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as light
A Boeing 747 in 1978 operated by Pan Am.
LZ 129 Hindenburg at Lakehurst Naval Air Station, 1936.
Lilienthal in mid-flight, Berlin c. 1895.
First powered and controlled flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903.
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An airplane, or aeroplane, also plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wi
Aviation
…Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft include fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as hot air balloons and airships. Aviation…
A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 on approach to land
Le Bris and his glider, Albatros II, photographed by Nadar, 1868
Patent drawings of Clement Ader's Éole.