Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avis, the Latin word for bird.
Many cultures have built devices that travel through the air, from the earliest projectiles such as stones and spears, the boomerang in Australia, the hot air Kongming lantern, and kites. There are early legends of human flight such as the story of Icarus, and Jamshid in Per...
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Organizations in this sector:
- Flying club ,
- Aero Club of America ,
- Aviation Club ,
- Bombay Flying Club ,
- Booker Gliding Centre ,
- British Airways flying club ,
- Buckminster Gliding Club ,
- Centennial Aviation Club ,
- Cotswold Gliding Club ,
- Darlton Gliding Club
