Aviation

Aviation is the practical aspect or art of aeronautics, being the design, development, production, operation and use of aircraft, especially heavier than air aircraft. The word aviation was coined by French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863, from the verb avier (synonymous flying), itself derived from the Latin word avis ("bird") and the suffix -ation.

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Quotes Tagged “Aviation”

“ You are most likely to get bumped from a flight on a budget airline. It may take them days or weeks to reschedule you on a replacement flight, due to their low volume of generally oversold flights on your route. ”
― Steven Magee

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“ It was a time of astonishing courage, a time of betrayal and disaster […] when girls and boys thought nothing of stepping into the clear blue sky. ”
― Rodman Philbrick, We Own the Sky

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