Aviation

type of activity, academic discipline
Subclass of	vehicle operation, human aerial activity
Industry	aircraft industry, transport industry
Get use	transport, research, recreation
Studied by	aeronautics
Hashtag	aviation
Practiced by	aircraft pilot, airship pilot, aerospace engineer, aviation pioneer, aviation writer
Fandom	aviation fan
Stack Exchange site URL	https://aviation.stackexchange.com

Aviation include de activities wey surround mechanical flight den de aircraft industry. Aircraft dey include fixed-wing den rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air aircraft such as hot air balloons den airships.

Aviation begin insyd de 18th century with de development for de hot air balloon, apparatus capable for atmospheric displacement thru buoyancy. Clément Ader build de "Ader Éole" insyd France wey he make an uncontrolled, powered hop insyd 1890. Dis be de first powered aircraft, although eno achieve controlled flight. Some of de most significant advancements insyd aviation technology cam plus de controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal insyd 1896. A major leap follow plus de construction of de Wright Flyer, de first powered airplane by de Wright brothers insyd de early 1900s.

Since dat time, na aviation be technologically revolutionized by de introduction of de jet engine wich enable aviation to become major form of transport thru out de world. Insyd 2024, ebe 9.5 billion passengers worldwide according to de ICAO.^[1] As of 2018, estimates suggest dat 11% of de world ein population traveled by air, plus up to 4% taking international flights.^[2]

Etymology

Na dem coin de word aviation by de French writer den former naval officer Gabriel de La Landelle insyd 1863.^[3] He originally derive de term from de verb avier (an unsuccessful neologism give "to fly"), einself dem derive from de Latin word avis ("bird") den de suffix -ation.^[4]

References

↑ "Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook | ACI World" (in American English). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-06-20.
↑ Gössling, Stefan; Humpe, Andreas (2020-11-01). "The global scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications for climate change". Global Environmental Change. 65 102194. Bibcode:2020GEC....6502194G. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102194. ISSN 0959-3780. PMC 9900393. PMID 36777089.
↑ "Aviation ou Navigation aerienne par G. de La Landelle". E. Dentu. June 6, 1863 – via Internet Archive.
↑ Cassard 2008, p. 77.

Bibliography

Berliner, Don (1996). Aviation: Reaching for the Sky. The Oliver Press, Inc. ISBN 1-881508-33-1.
Cassard, Jean-Christophe (2008). Dictionnaire d'histoire de Bretagne (in French). Morlaix: Skol Vreizh. ISBN 978-2-915623-45-1.
De Angelis, Gina (2001). The Hindenburg. Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 0-7910-5272-9.

External links

Aviation, aerospace, and aeronautical terms

[1] "Joint ACI World-ICAO Passenger Traffic Report, Trends, and Outlook | ACI World" (in American English). 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-06-20.

[2] Gössling, Stefan; Humpe, Andreas (2020-11-01). "The global scale, distribution and growth of aviation: Implications for climate change". Global Environmental Change. 65 102194. Bibcode:2020GEC....6502194G. doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102194. ISSN 0959-3780. PMC 9900393. PMID 36777089.

[3] "Aviation ou Navigation aerienne par G. de La Landelle". E. Dentu. June 6, 1863 – via Internet Archive.

[FOOTNOTECassard200877-4] Cassard 2008, p. 77.

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