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Flawed designs because he kept bird like wings
Leonardo da Vinci
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1783 Joseph and Etieune Montgolfier
First hot air balloon
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1783 First gas balloon
Professor Jacques Charles
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Kite-shaped wings
Father of Aerial Navigation
Sir George Cayley
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Failed steam powered monoplane
William Samuel Henson
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Proved human flight in aircraft heavier then air was practical
Otto Lilienthal
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Flew at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17, 1903
Wilber and Orville Wright
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St Petersburg Florida bussinessman started the first commercial airline.
P. E. Fansler
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First schedualed airline flight
January 1, 1914
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First Airmail flight conducted between New York and Washington D.C.
May 15, 1918
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Congress passed Air Commerce act
May 20, 1926
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First license issued to a pilot by a civilian agency of the federal government.
- William P. MacCracken Jr.
- April 6, 1927
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First certification of airworthiness
Buhl Airster CA-3
March 29, 1927
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Aeronautics branch renamed Bureau of Air Commerce
1934
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WJHTC
- William J. Hughes Technical Center
- Avaition research and development, test and evaluation
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MMAC
- Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center
- Aviation safty-related and business support services
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14 CFR part 43
Aircraft maintenance, preventitive amintenance, rebuilding, and alterations
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14 CFR part 91
Provides guidance in the areas of general flight rules, visual flight rules (VFR) and instrument flight rules (IFR)
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14 CFR part 61
- Cirtification of pilots, flight instructors, and ground instructors.
- Defines eligibility, auronautical knowledge, flight proficiency as well as training requirements for each type of cirtification required.
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