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    HISTORY OF AVIATION

    1ST FREE FLIGHT IN A BALLOON - The first recorded human-carrying vehicle was a hot-air balloon designed in Nov 21, 1783 by
    the Montgolfier brothers in France. (Jean-François Pilâtre De Rozier and François Laurent d'Arlandes)

    THE 1ST DIRIGIBLE- Built in 1852 by Henri Giffard and flown by a steam engine (Modern blimps)

    GEORGE CAYLEY- English nobleman, "Father of Aeronautics." (He developed aerodynamics and flight stability)

    1ST SUCCESSFUL SELF-PROPELLED SUSTAINED FLIGHT- (1903 Wright Flyer) The Wright brothers, Orville Wright and Wilbur
    Wright, were the first to fly a powered biplane aircraft in December 1903.

    THE JUNKERS F-13 OF 1919- An early civil monoplane design that pioneered aluminum construction for the airframe.

    THIS BOEING 314- Was built for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and served from 1941 to 1948.

    AMERICAN CURTISS NC-4- The 1st passenger-carrying aircraft. In 1920.

    JOHN ALCOCK AND ARTHUR BROWN- British aviators who, in 1919, made the first non-stop transatlantic flight

    THE FIRST NONSTOP FLIGHT- Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator and military officer made the first nonstop
    flight from New York City to Paris, On May 20–21, 1927, (Spirit of St. Louis- aircraft)

    AFTER WORLD WAR II- Jet Age began, revolutionizing both military and commercial aviation

    THE FIRST COMMERCIAL JET AIRLINER- The de Havilland Comet, took flight in 1952

    BOEING 707- An early American long-range narrow-body airliner, built in 1958, became the standard for long-haul commercial
    flights and helped popularize air travel globally.

    1950S AND 1960S- The focus of aviation shifted to space exploration. NASA and the Soviet Union led the way,

    SPUTNIK- The world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch
    of the spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “fellow traveler,”

    FIRST HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT- Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly in space on 12 April 1961.

    FIRST MOON LANDING- by Apollo 11 (1969) with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (1930-) aboard.

    BOEING'S 787 DREAMLINER AND AIRBUS A380- Brought new levels of efficiency and comfort to air travel.

    IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPORTATION IN TOURISM INDUSTRY


    facilitator of tourism growth; link between the destination and the tourism markets;
    provision of mobility and access within a destination; provision of mobility within tourist attractions;
    a recreational travel option;
    act as a primary attraction;
    link between two or more host destinations;
    determinant in tourist satisfaction;
    contributor in tourist attractiveness;
    determinant in destination success and
    significant contributor in tourism's socio-economic benefits.

    TYPES OF AIR TRANSPORT


    AIR CARRIER- an organization transporting passengers and cargo by aircraft
    AIRCRAFT- is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air

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