Aviation The Way it Changed America¡K 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 …showed first 75 words of 1179 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1179 total…machines we have today. Though aviation is only air transportation, its affects on our social, economical and political systems is extraordinary. Bibliography „X Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation. „X Wall, Robert. Airliners. Prentice Co., 1980. „X Hickey, Michael. Out of the Sky: A history of air born warfare. Scribner, 1979. „X Owen, Wilfred. Transportation and World Development. Simmon & Schuster, 1987. „X America, A Narrative History 4th edition. New Era. Norton & Co., 1996.