Report on Aviation History: Growth, Definitions & Milestones

This report explores the history of the aviation industry, detailing its growth driven by increasing airline passengers and job opportunities. It defines key terms such as aviation, airlines, and airports, and highlights significant milestones from 1903 onwards. These milestones include the Hindenburg Disaster, the first powered cross-Channel flight by Louis Blériot, the first transcontinental and round-the-world flights, and the signing of the Warsaw Convention. The report also covers the introduction of the Douglas DC-3, the Chicago Convention rules, the founding of IATA, the first commercial jet flight, the emergence of low-cost carriers like Southwest Airlines, the Boeing 747 entering service, and the opening of the first airport lounge by American Airlines. Further milestones include the Wright brothers' contributions, the use of flying boats, and Frank Whittle's development of the jet engine. The report references books and journals for its analysis.

HISTORY OF AVIATION
INDUSTRY

Table of Contents
Describing the growth in aviation..........................................................................................3
Definitions..............................................................................................................................3
Civil aviation history milestone moments..............................................................................4
REFERENCES...........................................................................................................................8

Describing the growth in aviation
The growth of aviation is based on its more airline passengers that is keep increasing from the
ten years. The other method for increasing their growth is their job growth that the company
is increasing their vacancy for the individuals in aviation industry. Today they have around
65 million of the job support in the industry that is helpful for maintaining the volume of new
flights. They also have high technology of the flights which results in making flights faster
and in more efficient that will create an enjoyable experience for the customers. They also
have disruptive elements within the industry.
Definitions
1. Aviation: The word has come for the Latin word that means ‘bird’ that deals with travel
that is in the air. Such instance plane and helicopters. It is termed as the process of
development, use of different aircraft, design , different production function along with the
operation that are related to the heavier-than-air aircraft (Saraçyakupoğlu 2020). They also
have the other name that is military aircraft. It is the type of activities that are surrounding
with different aircraft industry and the mechanical flights. It also includes rotary wings, fixed
wing, wing less lifting bodies, and different aircraft that are airships and hot air balloons.
2. Airline: it is termed as the short distance that is made between the two countries or the
cities. They are operated in the earth surface that has circle routes on the other we can say
that it is the company or the system regarding the moving passengers and the freight that
happen in the aircraft or other air transport. Mainly it is made for the route that is for the
things that travel in the air. It is also known as the furnishing of the air transport that is
scheduled at different and specified points.
3. Airport: Airport is a place where an airplane can land or can take off. It also has different
building which can hold passengers and can keep airplanes in the places at the time of
travelling. Building which has passengers who are waiting for their planes and their luggage’s
are also called as the terminal. Most of the airports have only a long run strip of level ground
that is known as the runway. The space in the between of planes and the terminals that are
called gates. Many airports have office to control the plane and tell the plane in which
direction they have to go, such as a control tower. Airports also have buildings known as
hangars to keep the planes when they are not used. An international airport is airports that are

used for airplanes to fly to country to country (Behera ). A domestic airport is used for
airplanes flying different cities in same country.
Civil aviation history milestone moments
Civil aviation history since 1903 has been undergoing major milestone moments and
events, where key legislations and regulations in essence factors can be discussed with major
focus towards operations. Further airline industry has been also competently undergoing huge
transformation, where experiences of various accidents have built new rules, regulations for
further consistent growth.
11 boeing 747 entered in service
Hindenburg Disaster was an airship accident that occurred on May 6, 1937 in United States
where German passenger airship caught fire and was destroyed. The accident caused around
35 fatalities, with around 13 passengers and 22 crewmen from 97 people on board where it
was one of the major accident ads an additional fatality on ground (Puranik and Mavris,
2021). Hydrogen fires are less destructive to immediate surroundings that gasoline explosions
because of buoyancy of H2 which caused heat of combustion to be released upwards.
Hydrogen in Hindenburg burned out within about 90 seconds.
2 Louis Blriot makes the first powered cross Channel flight
In 1909, Louis Bleriot became world famous for making the first flight across
English channel in a heavier than air aircraft, where it was 22 mile flight that took Bleriot a
total of 36 minutes and 30 seconds to complete. The aircraft became one of the most special
incidents where early in morning of July 25, 1909 it crossed the English Channel where it had
been a successful manufacturer of automobiles. This has been one of the milestones within
aviation industry widely bringing new range of advancement, higher scale functional growth
towards new synergies for wider determinants.
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3 First Trans Continental Flight
A transcontinental flight commonly refers to North America, non-top passenger flight
between airport of West Coast on US and Canada, where airport is on east cost which are
more generally between two airports at opposite. The first transcontinental flight took around
fifty days of actual flying time, where Rodgers made it in some seventy hops making it
widely known within history of aviation industry (Sales, Tzu and Gilbey, 2021).

4The First Round World Flight
In 1924, four Douglas world Cruisers and eight American crewmen set out from
Seattle, Washington to attempt first around the world airplane flight where one hundred
seventy five days later three of aircraft and crews became first to circumnavigate earth. This
became one of the widely renowned air flights, within aviation world history for effective
overall rules and regulations compilations. It has been also analysed as one of the milestone
in aviation industry history, which is remembered as first round world fight.
5 First global agreement governing aviation signed
On October 12, 1929 the first international agreement governing aviation known as
the Warsaw Convention was signed where due to this convention passenger ticket baggage
check was made mandatory. Liability law was widely implemented within year, for binging
on new range of effective functional scale rise towards laws and regulations as per aviation
industry demands. The first global agreement, aviation signed enabled to frame rules and
regulations as per new standards where the aviation rules specifically are being formed as per
varied scale functional standards.
6 1936 The Douglas DC3
The first version of new DC-3, called Douglas Sleeper Transport, began service with
American airlines in 1936 where it became one of the most successful aircraft in history and
efficient DC-3 enabled profitability profound growth of civil air transport in USA and
worldwide. American airlines inaugurated passenger service on June 26, 1936 with
simultaneous flights from New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois and airlines like American,
United, Eastern and Delta ordered over 400 DC-3
7 Chicago Convention rules and regulation for aircraft airspace and safety
The convention establishes rules of airspace, aircraft registration and safety, security
and sustainability factors where the detailed rights of relation to air travel. Convention also
contains provisions pertaining to taxation; where there is varied scale aspects taken care of
for strengthening new developed informative standards. The rules and regulations also
explain various specific aircraft safety standards for all customers, which have enabled wide
range of connective efficiency, develop in aviation industry.
8 IATA founded 1945
IATA was formed in April within Havana, Cuba where it is the successor to
international air traffic association which was formed in 1919 at Hague, Netherlands. At its
founding, IATA consisted of 57 airlines from 31 countries, which further enabled to

operatively expand new raised up functional scenarios further towards operative innovation.
The IATA founded has been specifically rising towards aviation rules and regulations for
conducting stronger advanced scale functional scale rise which bring on varied scale safety
standards (Le Hoang, Nguyen and Ho, 2021).
9 First commercial jet flight
On July, 1949 the world first jet propelled airliner British De Havilland Comet makes
its maiden test flight in England which was one of the most popular aircraft flew in aircraft
history. The commercial jet flight became one of the most essential and widely renowned
commercial flights within history, due to wide scale services functionally.
10 First low cost carrier southwest airlines
First low cost carrier airline is operated with special high emphasis on minimizing
operations costs and without some traditional services and amenities provided in fair for
customers services. To make up for revenue lost in decreased ticket prices, Airline Company
charges extra fees such as carryon baggage. The world first low cost airline was Pacific
Southwest Airlines who began operating interstate flights between northern and southern
California in 1949. Their strategy of sticking to just Cali flights avoided expenses of federal
regulation on other states.
11 Boeing 747 entered in service
With demand for air travel on rise, Boeing 747 would offer airlines greater seating
capacity, increased range of extra rooms which would offer airlines greater seating capacity
and increased range, extra rooms for luxuries. It first fights started in 1969, with Pan
American World Airways where the company started with aircraft services based on specific
wide scale requirements (Kankaew, 2021).
12 American Airlines opened the first ever airport lounge
Airlines are the type of facility that is operated in several airports of the United
Kingdom. The first ever airport lounge was opened by the Admirals club in New York in the
year 1939 by La Guardia airport. Mainly this is offered to the specific person that is selected
by the airport passengers for giving them comfort that is affordable in the airport terminal
which is related to the comfortable settings. Also they provide different accommodation that
are regarding the wireless internet access, meeting rooms, business services and telephones
along with the different provisions which are snacks, showers, passenger comfort, free drinks
and magazines.

13 flight accomplished by the Wright brothers
Wright brothers are the American inventors along with they are also the pioneers of
the aviation. In the year 1903 they have invented the flight that has different features that are
related to the controlled, powered and sustained airplane flight. Further they have also have
worked on how to design the wings of the flights. In the year 1903 they have controlled the
flight by using the power driven and Wilbur have flew the plane for 59 seconds that is of 852
feet that is the another extraordinary achievement.
14 Flying boats 1920s and 1930s
Flying boat is also known as the fixed winged seaplane that has different hull which
are used in both land and the water. In this boat they do not have any landing gear which
allows them different operation that is regarding the landing on the land (Larin 2020). They
are different from the floatplanes along with their also have different method for its purpose
designed fuselage which can also granting the aircraft buoyancy and float. Mainly they are
used at the time of cold war in the era with the motive of investments in the airports that is
during the conflicts on the introduction of faster, land based and larger airlines.
15 1930 Frank Whittle RAF Pilot developed designs for a jet engine until 1937 when it was
tested
Frank whittle was the English royal workforce air officer who has made the turbojet
engine. The patent was launched in the year 1921 by maxime Guillaume. The testing was
done in the year 1942 by rover who was done in around 37 hours along with this its roll
Royce was tested for around 390 hours. On the map 7 1943 the test was passed as the first
100 hour full performance that is of 1600 LBF. After that its protégé meter was completes
and took in the air in the year 1943 on 12 June. Further the production of the engine was
started rolling in the line that is on the October which was known as the W.2B\23 after that it
is known as RB.23 named as rolls roynce wellannd. Regardless of long-lasting delays in their
own programme, the Luftwaffe beat the British efforts into the air by nine months (Dube,
Nhamo and Chikodzi, 2021).

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