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- Amelia Earhart (9225 bytes)
2: ...ious disappearance during a flight over the [[Pacific Ocean]].
6: ...ility to provide for his family, Amelia spent the first twelve years of her life living with her mothe...
8: ...om some of her family, in 1922 Earhart bought her first [[airplane]], a [[Kinner Airstar]]. After her ...
10: ...the [[White House]]. From then on, flying was the fixture of Earhart's life. She placed third at the C...
16: ...he took delivery of a [[Lockheed 10E]] "Electra," financed by [[Purdue University]], she started plann... - Timeline of invention (28171 bytes)
3: ...re is ambiguity, the date of the first practical, fielded version of the invention is used here.
8: * 1 MYA: Controlled [[fire]] in [[Cradle of Humankind|Africa]]
26: * [[Cloth]] woven from [[flax]] fiber
82: * [[673]]: [[Greek fire]]: [[Kallinikos]]
84: * [[852]]: [[Parachute]]: [[Armen Firman]] - Aviation history (39698 bytes)
3: ... story in [[The Bible]]. Nevertheless, it exemplifies man's desire to fly.
5: ...methods used to control planes have advanced significantly as well. Initially planes were controlled ...
13: ... counter-claims how successful these were. See [[First flying machine]] for a review of such claims.
15: [[Leonardo da Vinci]] was the first person to seriously design an aircraft, design...
17: ...craft through the air was the crux of flying. Sufficiently light and powerful engines would not be av... - Airline (29546 bytes)
2: ...ces with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit.
11: ...ernment owned or supported to independent, for-profit public companies. This occurs as regulators perm...
15: ... lower fares and sometimes dramatic spurts in traffic growth. The U.S., Australia, Japan, Brazil, Mexi...
17: ...ars is generally low, in the range of 2-3% net profit after interest and tax. It is in this time that ...
19: ...o achieve higher economies of scale and greater efficiencies. - Aviator (3951 bytes)
6: ... under the operational control of a properly certified and current pilot, who is responsible for the s...
8: ...rols the issuance of civilian pilot licenses/certificates in the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]].
31: *[[Anthony Fokker]]
50: *[[Montgolfier Brothers]] - Charles Kingsford Smith (4894 bytes)
2: ...first to complete the more difficult eastward Pacific crossing from Australia to the [[United States]]...
4: ...pprentice with the [[CSR Limited|Colonial Sugar Refining Company]]. After that, he enlisted for duty i...
6: ...Smith and his historic epic flight across the Pacific.
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