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Brief History of the Airplane
You might know from your elementary school teachings that Wilbur and Orville Wright, commonly known as the Wright Brothers, are credited with inventing and flying the first airplane. What you might not know is that the Wright Brothers’ interest in flight began at home, when their father brought home a rubber band powered helicopter. The boys studied the toy and began building replicas. Full Story »
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History Of Passenger Air Travel
Commercial passenger air travel did not become a reality in the history of airplane technology until around the late 1920s and early 1930s. At that time, it was more an affluent activity, rather than anything that involved the everyday man. Only the rich, or the eccentric tended to fly, until the advent of the online stewardess. It was when the stewardesses became part of the package of commercial passenger travel that this area of the industry truly took off in the history of the airplane. Full Story »