History of aviation

history of the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft

flying lantern used during celebrations

aircraft design facility operated by Lockheed Martin

term for an international social group of wealthy people who travel the world and participate in social activities unavailable to ordinary people

machine that can fly, including aircraft, spacecraft, rockets, and missiles

flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean

military naval air station and flight test center in Maryland, United States

French inventor (1823-1890)

Aviation engineer and inventor (1812–1888)

aviation occurrence that affects or could affect the safety of operation

historical era

flight between Portugal and Brazil occurred in 1922

thumb|A Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" over central [[Ontario, Canada, c. 1918]] Barnstorming was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people with the skill of pilots and the sturdiness of planes," it became popular in the United States during the Roaring Twenties.

French science writer and balloonist (1824–1914)

British aeronautical engineer and airship designer

Belgian adventurer, aviator, auto racer, motorboat racer (1875–1944)

thumb|350px|Paired skydivers holding hands in freefall Free flying refers to any freefall activity involving back, head down, standing or sit positions as opposed to the traditional belly to earth orientation. It includes freestyle and sky surfing. The discipline is known to have originated when Olav Zipser began experimenting with non-traditional forms of Body flight. Zipser founded the Free Fly Clowns as a two-person competitive team with Mike Vail in 1992. He was joined by Omar Alhegelan (the first FAI Freestyle World Cup & World Champion), Charles Bryan, and Stefania Martinengo in 1994. T

French businessman (1855-1928)

American aviation pioneer (1874-1951)

aircraft experimenter

editorial published in the New York Times on October 9, 1903

American parachutist

United States Army general (1865–1934)

Argentine air racer and balloonist (1887-1951)

French author and balloonist

French air reconnaissance unit in Napoleonic War

aeroplane, helicopter or other kind of aircraft (specially designed or modified from serial production aircraft) intended for flight research or testing the aircraft concepts or on-board equipment

thumb|300px|"The Fly" with Carl Richard Nyberg as the pilot on a circular wood test track. Photo from around 1904–1906.

Romanian scientist

1954 film by Robert Youngson

memorial to pioneers of aviation

role of women aviators in history

Italian engineer (1898–1988)

Romanian inventor

airport

L’Aérophile (, "The Aerophile") was a French aviation magazine published from 1893 to 1947. It has been described as "the leading aeronautical journal of the world" around 1910.

British Aviation Magazine