Aviation history

The 1989 Australian pilots' strike was one of the most expensive and dramatic industrial disputes in Australia's history. It was co-ordinated by the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) to support its campaign for a large pay increase (which it quantified at 29.47%, though such claims usually form a starting position for negotiations). The strike began on 18 August 1989. As part of this campaign, AFAP pilots imposed on their employers ( Ansett, East-West, Ipec and Australian Airlines) a limitation on the hours they were prepared to work. This originally took the form of making themselves available for flying duties only within the normal office working hours of 9am to 5pm. The strike severely disrupted domestic air travel in Australia and had a major detrimental impact on the tourism industry. The Royal Australian Air Force provided some limited domestic air services at the time to ease the impact of the strike. The strike was resolved after the mass resignation of a significant number of domestic airline pilots, a tactic which backfired against the union when the employers obtained significant support from the Labor government and successfully recruited new pilots from overseas. ...more on Wikipedia about "1989 Australian pilots' strike"

An aviation accident is an incident on board an aircraft causing injury or death to one or more persons. The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board definition of an aviation accident is as follows: ...more on Wikipedia about "Accidents and incidents in aviation"

The Aerial Steam Carriage was an experimental flying machine from 1848 that was incapable of sustained flight because it lacked curved wings to provide lift, and had insufficient power from its heavy steam engine. It was significant beacause it was a transition from glider experimentation to powered flight experimentation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aerial Steam Carriage"

The US Air Force's aerospaceplane project encompassed a variety of projects from 1958 until 1963 to study a fully-reusable spaceplane. A variety of designs were studied during the lifetime of the project, including most of the early efforts on liquid air cycle engines (LACE) and even a nuclear-powered ramjet. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aerospaceplane"

The Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981 began on August 3, 1981. The strike is one of the major strikes to take place in recent United States history, involving 13,000 people. The strike took place after the Federal Aviation Administration failed to act on the concerns of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. The PATCO was concerned about the conditions of work for the controllers. Disputes between the company and association had begun with the PATCO's founding in 1968. At its height, 85 percent of the workers were on strike. Because of the numbers and the timing of the strike President Ronald Reagan stepped in. Following Calvin Coolidge's dictum that no one could strike against the public safety, he announced that any air traffic controllers who refused to return to work in 48 hours would be fired. Only 1,650 returned to work out of 13,000, and the rest were fired. Some historians consider this strike the start of the decline of organized labor in recent U.S. history. ...more on Wikipedia about "Air traffic controllers' strike of 1981"

Airlines Control Program, or ACP, was the operating system developed by IBM from about 1965 onwards for processing airline reservations and related data. In contrast to previous airline transaction processing systems, the most notable aspect of ACP is that it was designed to run on most models of the IBM System/360 mainframe computer family. This departed from the earlier model in which each airline would have a different, machine-specific transaction system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Airlines Control Program"

The Atlantique Incident was a major event in which a Pakistan Navy plane was shot down by the Indian Air Force citing border violation. The episode took place in the Rann of Kutch on August 10, 1999 just months after the Kargil War, creating a tense atmosphere between the two countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atlantique Incident" www.shortopedia.com never sleeps.

Aviation archaeology, also known as aerospace archaeology or wreck chasing, is a hobby actively practiced throughout the world by both outdoor recreationists and academics in persuit of finding, documenting, recovering, and preserving sites important in aviation history. For the most part, these sites are aircraft wrecks and crash sites, but also include structures and facilities related to aviation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aviation archaeology"

(Aviation history) Another successful early experimenter was Samuel Pierpont Langley. After a distinguished career in astronomy and a tenure at the Smithsonian Institution, Langley started a serious investigation into aerodynamics at what is today the University of Pittsburgh. In 1891 he published Experiments in Aerodynamics detailing his research, and then turned to building his designs. On May 6, 1896, his Aerodrome No. 5 made the first fully successful flight of a powered heavier-than-air craft of substantial size, flying twice with one flight of 3,300 ft (1,000 m) and a second of 2,300 ft (700 m), at about 25 mph (40 km/h). On November 28, another successful flight was made with a similar model, the Aerodrome No.6. It flew a distance of approximately 1,460 m (4,790 ft). ...more on Wikipedia about "Aviation history"

Seven years after the first flight of a heavier-than-air controlled aeroplane in 1903, planes were already flying in Hong Kong. The first privately-owned airport in Hong Kong was located in Sha Tin. On March 18 1911, the aeroplane of the Belgian pilot, Charles den Bron (1874-1958), successfully took off at the airport in Sha Tin. This marked an important moment in the aviation history of Hong Kong. The aeroplane was named as the " Spirit of Sha Tin" ( Chinese: 沙田精神號). There is a replica of the aeroplane in the Hong Kong International Airport in Chek Lap Kok. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aviation history of Hong Kong"

During the First World War, the month of April 1917 was known as Bloody April by the Allied air forces. The Royal Flying Corps suffered losses so severe it came close to being annihilated. In April the Allies launched a joint offensive with the British attacking near Arras in Artois, northern France, while the French Nivelle Offensive was launched on the Aisne and the air forces were called on to provide support, predominantly in reconnaissance and artillery spotting. ...more on Wikipedia about "Aviation in World War I"

Bernard H. Pietenpol ( 1901 - 1984) was an aircraft designer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bernard Pietenpol"

The OX-5 was an early aircraft engine. Built by Curtiss for both military and civilian aircraft from 1913 to 1918, the OX-5 was used by several World War I aircraft, including the famous JN-4 "Jenny". ...more on Wikipedia about "Curtiss OX-5"

This article is a listing of primarily pre- 20th Century flying machines and work, and an analysis of the debates over early flying machines. The goal is to examine the properties of flying machines, and to list the claims to allow a proper analysis of all the early flying machines. Heavier than air flying machines included, as lighter than air machines are subject to much less controversy. ...more on Wikipedia about "Early flight"

The first circumnavigation of the world by air was conducted in 1924 by a team of aviators of the United States Army Air Service, the precursor of the United States Air Force. ...more on Wikipedia about "First aerial circumnavigation"

There are conflicting views as to what was the first flying machine. There are many confident histories, with a large numbers of supporters, that have different views. ...more on Wikipedia about "First flying machine"

Flugan (The Fly) was an early aeroplane designed and built by Carl Rickard Nyberg outside his home in Lidingö. Construction started in 1897 and he kept working on it until 1922. The craft only managed a few short jumps and Nyberg was often ridiculed, however several of his innovations are still in use. He was the first to test his design in a wind tunnel and the first to build a hangar. The reasons for failure includes the wing and propeller design and, allegedly, that he was afraid of heights. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flugan"

Swedenborg's Flying Machine was first sketched by the Swedish scientist Emanuel Swedenborg in 1714, when he was 26 years old. It was later published in his periodical in 1716. It is recognized as the first published description of a flying machine. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flying Machine (Swedenborg)"

Francisco A. Lorenzo (b. 1940) is a former airline executive and corporate raider in the United States. His controversial and confrontational tactics, especially with labor unions, for a time made his Texas Air airline holding company the largest in the world, but also threw chaos into the travel industry and won him the moniker "the most hated man in America." ...more on Wikipedia about "Frank Lorenzo"

Major General George Owen Squier ( March 21, 1863 - March 24, 1934) was born in Dryden, Michigan, United States. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1887 and received a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1893. ...more on Wikipedia about "George O. Squier"

Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817-1872) was a Frenchman, born in Concarneau, Britany, France, who accomplished the first powered flight in history, in December 1856. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jean-Marie Le Bris"

This is a listing of early flying machines. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of early flying machines"

Lituanica - lithuanian research plane that crossed the Atlantic in 1933 and crashed under mysterious reasons very near to the destination ( Kaunas). ...more on Wikipedia about "Lituanica"

Shannon stopover was an imporant stopover in the early days oftransatlantic travel located in Ireland. Prior to World War II, PanAm used a site near Shannon for a refueling/crew stop, due to the limited range of aircraft at that time. The Shannon area is about the westernmost point in Europe. As conventional prop and early jet aircraft needed a refuling stop in western Ireland, the Irish government established Shannon Airport. Long after most flights to/from Europe didn't need the refuling stop, the Irish govenment kept the Shannon stop requirement to keep the airport financially viable and providing badly needed employment. Shannon is still used as a refuling stop for some flights and aircraft (including US military charters from the Middle East/ Iraq), and as an important emergency diversion airport. It used to be used a lot by the USSR/ Aeroflot as a refuling stop to/from the Americas (North, South, Central, as well as Cuba). ...more on Wikipedia about "Shannon stopover"

The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965 is an 2005 Aviation History book written by PVS Jagan Mohan and Samir Chopra. The book deals with the Indian Air Force's role in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that started on 1 September 1965 and came to an end on 23 September 1965. ...more on Wikipedia about "The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965"

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