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The Europeans made use of gliders in the ninth century. In the Renaissance period, Leonardo Da Vinci had designed over hundred sketching of certain ideas to make these flying objects. Slowly, with the overture of the hydrogen balloons used during American Civil War. The Montgolfier brother were the first ones to introduce the hot-air balloons in 1783in Paris.
The initial introduction of flying objects was seen in China, where kites and balloons and kites that used hot-air were extensively used. However, the inaugural official flight happened in 1903 at North Carolina. The airplane was invented by none other than Wright Brothers. Soon enough sea planed entered the scene as well. It was invented by French designer and Engineer, named Henri Fabre in 1910The first helicopter was practically flown by Focke Achgelis in 1936.As of 2008 United States have more than 19 air carriers, 23 cargo carriers and 67 regional carriers. After that air transportation only got better and smoother. The golden period in air transportation was in between 1918 and 1940.These years saw some of the remarkable achievements when it came to inventing military aircrafts.
Jet engines, barnstormers, fighter escorts and jet planes just brightened the scene. The maximum use of aircrafts, helicopters and jet planes were done during WW I and WW II. The inauguration of commercial airplanes was seen during Cold War. The opening airline Tupoley Tu104 operated consistently by providing number of services to citizens was in 1956 in former U.S.S.R. However, owing to the overture of Boeing 707 travel got a new meaning. Traveling became bit more relaxed, sophisticated, meet luxurious demand of customers and was considered safe.
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