User:Novarupta/Outline of aviation
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to aviation:
Aviation –
What type of thing is aviation?[edit]
Aviation can be described as all of the following:
Branches of aviation[edit]
History of aviation[edit]
- By era
- Early flying machines
- Aviation in the pioneer era (1903-1914)
- Aviation in World War I (1914-1918)
- Aviation between the World Wars (1918-1939)
- Aviation in World War II (1939-1945)
- Post-war aviation (1945-1979)
- Aviation in the Digital Age (1980-present)
- By aircraft categories
General aviation concepts[edit]
Aviation organizations[edit]
- International aviation organizations
- National aviation authorities
- Airlines
- Airport operators
- Air traffic control
- Aircraft manufacturers
- Aircraft maintenance
Aviation publications[edit]
Persons influential in aviation[edit]
- Aviators/Pilots
- Otto Lilienthal — pioneer of unpowered flight (gliding)
- Wright brothers — credited with the first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft (1903)
- Manfred von Richthofen — famous World War I flying ace, known as "Red Baron"
- Charles Lindbergh — first non-stop transatlantic flight (1927)
- Amelia Earhart — set many early records for female aviators, including first woman to fly across the Atlantic (1928)
- Chuck Yeager — first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947)
- Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager — first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world (1986)
- Aeronautical Engineers
- Aviation businesspeople
See also[edit]
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com