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Aviation refers to activities involving aircraft, including the people, various support, operational and organizations manufacturing and regulatory bodies associated with them.

Many individuals and societies have built devices in order to be able to travel through the air. These events range from the earliest projectiles such as stones and spears, to more sophisticated buoyant or aerodynamic structures, such as the mechanical pigeon of Archytas in Ancient Greece, the boomerang in Australia, the hot air Kongming lantern, and kites.

There are tales of human flight, as the fanciful story of Icarus, the more credible claims of short haul flights of man, as a kite flight by Yuan Haungtou in China, and the parachute flight and controlled glider flight of Armen Firman.

The actual age of aviation began in 1783. Hitherto, attempts were machines involved soil bound by ropes. However, this was the first manned untethered, in a hot air balloon designed by the Montgolfier brothers.

Since balloons had the limitation of not being able to travel downwind, then quickly taken aware that a steerable or dirigible, balloon was required. The challenge has been taken over by Jean Pierre Blanchard, who in 1784 flew the first human powered airship. Then in 1785 he went even further by crossing the English Channel in one.

These machines were then developed, with such innovations as the main engine fueled, in 1852, the addition of rigid frames in 1896, and improved speed and maneuverability in 1901.

While There are many contradictory statements regarding the powered flight earlier, the consensus is the 1903 flight by the Wright Brothers. However, This plane could not fly for more than a short due to serious control problems remotely.

The introduction of fins made aircraft much easier to handle, and only a decade later, World War 1 aircraft was powered solutions become practical for reconnaissance, artillery spotting, and even attacks against ground positions.

Soon as they developed into larger machines and more reliable aircraft began to transport people and goods. Unlike the case of small rigid airships, dirigibles, which are without an internal framework to support or keel, giant rigid airships became the first aircraft to transport passengers and goods over long distances.

The most famous aircraft of this type were manufactured by the German Zeppelin company. Probably the best known and most successful was the Zeppelin airship Graf Zeppelin flew over a million miles, including around-the-world flight in 1929. However, as the design of advanced aircraft, the dominance of the Zeppelins over the aircraft at the time, even if they had a range of only a few hundred miles, was steadily eroded.

The "Golden Age" of airship finally ended, June 6, 1937, when the Hindenburg caught fire, killing 36 people, while in the landing gear. Even today, no evidence indicating that the cause of the fire

Although periodic attempts were made to revive their use, efforts were mostly in vain, and limited to niche applications. Could the fate of the Hindenburg be contributing factor?

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