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Aviation The Way it Changed AmericaK To soar with the birds has been mans dream since the Neolithic era Centuries of studies and experiments precede the first successful flight Only until the beginning of the 20th century have we accomplished flight in a heavier-than-air craft Throughout the past century of evolution aviation has acquired a responsibility much greater then ever conceived The utilization spectrum of aviation expands from air combat and dogfights to shipping mail and cargo With such versatility these aircrafts have contributed to augmenting the fast paced lives we already live Air transport has contributed to the global expansion of our economy leisure in our society and influenced our government to diversify The portrayal of aviation has impacted our society on three stages socially politically and economically Leonardo de Vinci had begun drawing blueprints of a flying machine in the 15th century At that time human flight had nevermore been contemplated beyond a dream Practicality worked against Leonardo however his thoughts were quite contemporary by todays standards being how his drawings resemble those of modern aircraft Towards the end of the 19th century and into the beginning of the 20th century there was a race to construct the first heavier-then-air craft Several different concepts were tested however only one was found to be functional and practical On December 17 1903 near Kitty Hawk North Carolina the brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright made the worlds first successful flights in a heavier-than-air craft under power and control Shortly there after in 1909 the US military asked the Wright brothers to build an airplane for military use go figure Europe commenced the use of propeller driven airplanes in the Turkish war of 1911 and 1912 They found airplanes to be much less vulnerable and more maneuverable then the Zeppelin blimps By 1915 Roland Garros became the first to shoot down another plane in combat During World War I the belligerents
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