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		At first aviation development was motivated by the large prizes put up by publicity-seeking newspapers; but the outbreak of World War I in 1914 provided far greater motivation for aviation research and development (see air forces.
		The cessation of hostilities made available a large number of aircraft that could be bought cheaply, and the result was a great deal of aviation activity; barnstorming and stunt-flying kept aviation before the eyes of the public for a time, but the real stimulus was the initiation of airmail service in the mid-1920s.
		General Aviation is a term comprising all of aviation other than military and scheduled air transport (airlines), and includes privately owned aircraft, charter services, business owned aircraft, such as "bizjets," and many more types of working aircraft that are not, strictly speaking, for transportation.
	www.elists.com /Aviation/index.htm (2767 words)

	Thailand - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Thailand
		After World War I a movement for national renaissance developed, and this, combined with the worldwide depression of the 1930s, precipitated a political coup against the absolute monarch King Prajadhipok in 1932.
		The coup created a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary government, and the name of Muang Thai (‘land of the free’) was adopted for the country in 1939.
		Throughout the 1930s politics were marked by considerable unrest and by increasing nationalism.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Thailand (2510 words)

	Richard Pearse in the Aviation History Encyclopedia
		Throughout the 1930s and 1940s, Pearse continued to work on constructing a flying machine for personal use.
		In the mid 1950s, aviation pioneer George Bolt saw Pearse's last flying machine, which is sometimes described as a cross between a windmill and a rubbish cart.
		Pearse's designs and achievements were virtually unknown outside the few who witnessed them and had no impact on his contemporary aviation designers.
	www.usairnet.com /encyclopedia/Richard_Pearse.html (958 words)

	List of years in aviation - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		German Gottlieb Daimler invents the fast moving internal combustion engine, which is suitable for aviation because of its good power to weight ratio.
		August, first international aviation meeting is held at Reims in France.
		September 23, the Peruvian Geo Chavez flies the Blériot-monoplane over the Alps from Brig (Switzerland) to Domodossola (Italy) reaching a height of 2200 metres, but was killed in a crash landing.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_years_in_aviation.html (7162 words)

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		Interest in aviation can be traced back as far as Leonardo da Vinci; a human-powered aircraft based in part on his designs, Daedalus 88, flew 72 mi (115 km) in 1988.
		The outbreak of World War II interrupted commercial air service, but by 1947 all the basic technology essential to contemporary aviation had been developed: jet propulsion, streamlining, radar, and metallurgy.
		The result has been the explosive growth of commercial aviation, from jumbo jetliners to overnight package services, while general aviation has lagged behind.
	www.question.com /link/aviation.html (946 words)

	China Travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Aviation giant Boeing released its 2002 China Current Market Outlook here recently, forecasting that China would become the second civil aviation market in the world in 20 years, next to the United States.
		The fast-growing Chinese aviation market has caught the attention of foreign manufacturers, whose eagerness to enter China was seen at the Zhuhai Airshow, which ended recently.
		China Aviation Industry Corporation II (AVIC II), a major helicopter producer and research institute, will intensify research and strengthen international cooperation over the next ten years in order to promote the country's helicopter manufacturing industry, a senior executive said recently.
	www.chinainfotravel.com /china_travel.htm (15456 words)

	ipedia.com: List of years in aviation Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Table of contents 1 pre-10th century aviation 2 10th - 16th century aviation 3 17th century aviation 4 18th century aviation 5 19th century aviation 6 1900s in avi...
		List of years in aviation Article - ipedia.com
		July 21, SpaceShipOne is the first non-government built spacecraft to transport a person into space and return safely to earth.
	www.ipedia.com /list_of_years_in_aviation.html (7212 words)

	Strange But True: Cincinnati.Com's Strange News - Freetime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I mean, since one man could easily impregnate 10 women, why does our species waste biological resources having so many guys?"
		Whole years have gone by, such as 1993 and 1998, without a single death on commercial flights in the U.S. (Federal Aviation Administration).
		What was the most ironic use of the new "radio and detection and ranging," developed in the 1930s by Robert Watson-Watt, who became known as the "father of RADAR"?
	www.cincinnati.com /freetime/strange (9064 words)

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