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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird Wright brothers Sopwith Camel Airbus A380 helicopter aviation: Chicago air distances from United States
View the launching of the Bell X-1 aircraft from the bomb bay of a B-29 bomber
Seven of the largest flying objects in history
See how air traffic controllers at Frankfurt Airport, Germany manage the rush hour traffic in the skies
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Sextant. Celestial navigation at sea. Sailor using sextant. Travel and navigation.
Travel and Navigation
Concorde. Front end of one of the 20 Concorde supersonic airplanes. A joint British French production they flew for 30 years (1973-2003).
Navigating the Sky
Close-up profile view of American aviator Amelia Earhart sitting in the cockpit of a helicopter. Earhart wears a bomber jacket and flight goggles on her head.
Early Aviation
Hindenburg zeppelin crashing, 1937
Transportation and Technology Firsts Quiz
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Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird A Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird shortly after refueling in flight.

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aviation, the development and operation of heavier-than-air aircraft. The term military aviation refers to the development and use of military aircraft, while the term civil aviation refers to all nonmilitary aviation, such as air transportation provided by airlines or the carrying of cargo by commercial aircraft. (Read Orville Wright’s 1929 biography of his brother, Wilbur.) A brief treatment of aviation follows. For full treatment of military aviation, see military aircraft. For civil aviation, see airplane; history of flight. The first objects to fly that carried people were balloons, which were pioneered in France by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783. Some ...(100 of 444 words)

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