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History of aviation in Bangladesh
The history of aviation in Bangladesh spans from 1941 wartime airfields near Dhaka to the founding of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in 1972 and later private airlines.
History of aviation in Canada
The history of aviation in Canada spans the 1909 Silver Dart flight at Baddeck, the bush-flying era, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, and Air Canada's rise and privatization.
History of aviation in Japan
The history of aviation in Japan covers the post-1945 Allied ban, civil aviation's 1952 resumption, the JAL and ANA duopoly, the YS-11 airliner, and later deregulation.
History of aviation in the Soviet Union
The history of aviation in the Soviet Union covers state-run civil and military aviation from 1945 to 1991, when Aeroflot became the world's largest airline.
History of Eclipse Aviation
Eclipse Aviation was an Albuquerque aircraft maker founded by Vern Raburn in 1998 to build the Eclipse 500 very light jet, which entered service after a controversial certification.
History of flight training
The history of flight training covers how pilots learned to fly, from pre-Wright brothers apprenticeship through the Gosport System, the Civilian Pilot Training Program, and simulator-based, competency-assessed modern instruction.
History of hang gliding
The history of hang gliding spans more than 120 years of foot-launched flight, from Otto Lilienthal's pioneering gliders in the 1890s to the sport's explosive growth after 1963.
History of pilot licensing and certification
The history of pilot licensing and certification traces how state-issued pilot credentials evolved from aero-club certificates in 1909 to international standards under ICAO Annex 1.
History of the autogyro
The history of the autogyro begins with Juan de la Cierva's first successful flight in Madrid in 1923, predating the practical helicopter by about 15 years.
History of the German Army Aviation Corps
The History of the German Army Aviation Corps covers the Heeresfliegertruppe, the German Army's helicopter arm, from 1954 planning and 1957 first units through reunification and reform.
History of the jet airliner
The history of the jet airliner spans the de Havilland Comet, withdrawn in 1954 after metal-fatigue crashes, the 1958 Boeing 707, the 1970 widebody 747, and the supersonic Concorde.
History of the jet engine
The history of the jet engine covers gas turbine propulsion from the 1930s onward: Frank Whittle and Hans von Ohain built the first turbojets, which flew by 1939 and 1941.
History of the Royal Air Force
The history of the Royal Air Force spans its 1918 formation as the world's first independent air force through the Battle of Britain, the Cold War, and contraction to roughly 31,000 personnel.
History of tiltrotor and convertible-rotor development
The history of tiltrotor and convertible-rotor development traces the aircraft that combine helicopter vertical lift with airplane cruise speed, from the 1950s XV-3 through the XV-15 to the V-22 Osprey.
History of unmanned aerial vehicles
The history of unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, traces drones from World War I pilotless torpedoes through Cold War reconnaissance to modern surveillance, combat, and civilian use.
HK Express
HK Express, also known as Hong Kong Express Airways, is a Hong Kong low-cost airline serving over 30 Asian cities from its hub at Hong Kong International Airport.
HM-14
HM-14, formally Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 and nicknamed the Vanguard, was a United States Navy squadron at Norfolk that towed minesweeping gear from heavy helicopters, 1978 to 2023.
HM-15
HM-15, Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 15, is a US Navy helicopter squadron nicknamed the Blackhawks that flies the MH-53E Sea Dragon on airborne mine countermeasures missions.
HMAS Melbourne (R21)
HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy and its flagship from 1955 until 1982, ramming and sinking two destroyers.
HMS Ark Royal (91)
HMS Ark Royal (91) was a fleet aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy, commissioned in 1938 and sunk by a German submarine in 1941.
HMS Ark Royal (R07)
HMS Ark Royal (R07) was the third and final Invincible-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service from 1985 to 2011 and nicknamed "The Mighty Ark".
HMS Ark Royal (R09)
HMS Ark Royal (R09) was an Audacious-class Royal Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1955, the last British conventional fixed-wing carrier when she paid off in 1978.
HMS Courageous (50)
HMS Courageous was a First World War light cruiser converted into a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, torpedoed and sunk by U-29 off Ireland in September 1939.
HMS Coventry (D118)
HMS Coventry (D118) was a Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer sunk by Argentine A-4 Skyhawks on 25 May 1982 during the Falklands War, with 19 dead.
HMS Exeter (68)
HMS Exeter was a York-class heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy that fought the German Admiral Graf Spee at the Battle of the River Plate in 1939.
HMS Glorious
HMS Glorious was a British warship converted from a First World War battlecruiser into an aircraft carrier, sunk by German battlecruisers on 8 June 1940.
HMS Hermes (95)
HMS Hermes was a British aircraft carrier, the first ship built from the keel up as a carrier, sunk by Japanese aircraft off Ceylon in 1942.
HMS Hermes (R12)
HMS Hermes (R12) was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, flagship of the 1982 Falklands War task force, later serving India as INS Viraat until 2017.
HMS Illustrious (R06)
HMS Illustrious (R06), nicknamed "Lusty", was a Royal Navy light aircraft carrier, the second of three Invincible-class ships, which served from 1982 to 2014 and was recycled in Turkey in 2017.
HMS Invincible (R05)
HMS Invincible (R05) was the lead ship of the Royal Navy's three Invincible-class light aircraft carriers, launched in 1977 and sold for recycling in 2011.