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Aviation


Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft, include fixed wing (airplane) and rotary wing (helicopter) types, as well as lighter than air craft such as balloons and airships (also known as dirigibles.)

There are two major categories of aviation:

Civil aviation includes both scheduled air transport and general aviation.

See also

  • Aerospace engineering
  • Aircraft
  • Airlines
  • Airport
  • Air safety
  • Air traffic control
  • Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast
  • Aviation system
  • Aviation history
  • :Category:Aviation licenses and certifications
  • Aviation noise
  • Avionics
  • :Category:Aviation
  • Flight
  • Flight level
  • Flight simulator
  • Flight training
  • Flying
  • Global Positioning System
  • Incidents in Aviation
  • Jet engine
  • Oshkosh Airshow
  • List of aviation topics
  • List of people who died in plane crashes
  • Timeline of aviation
  • Pilot licenses
  • Propeller
  • Radar
  • Reciprocating engines
  • Runway
  • Spatial disorientation
  • Santos Dumont
  • Taxiway
  • Wright brothers
  • Aviation Wiki



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