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The Boeing 747, one of the most iconic aircraft in history.

Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft includes 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 began in the 18th century with the development of the hot air balloon, an apparatus capable of atmospheric displacement through buoyancy. Some of the most significant advancements in aviation technology came with the controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal in 1896; then a large step in significance came with the construction of the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s. Since that time, aviation has been technologically revolutionized by the introduction of the jet which permitted a major form of transport throughout the world. (Full article...)

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  • 14 Nov 2024 – Amelia Rose Earhart (talk · edit · hist) was PRODed by GrantHenninger (t · c): WP:BLP1E. Amelia Rose Earhart was involved in one event a decade ago that is not important enough to have a Wikipedia page. This article reads more like a press release than an encyclopedia entry. and endorsed by Bearian (t · c) on 17 Nov 2024

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