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Since 1903, aeroplanes have become a large part of human innovation and discovery and in our current status quo, they have become popularly used in daily life. This website and timeline shows the changes and continuity of air-travel in the last 120 years, and its social, political and economic impacts.

Bibliography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFT53kXEdBE&ab_channel=Newsthink 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_aviation_%E2%80%93_20th_century 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LigpsX1KoQE&ab_channel=Lesics 

https://www.budgetair.com/en_us/blog/the-history-of-aviation 

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https://dsm.forecastinternational.com/wordpress/2022/08/15/airbus-and-boeing-report-july-2022-commercial-aircraft-orders-and-deliveries/ 

https://www.wright-brothers.org/Adventure_Wing/Hangar/1901_Wind_Tunnel/1901_Wind_Tunnel.htm 

https://www.cram.com/essay/The-Impact-Of-Wilbur-And-Orville-Wrights/F3TELDPNM5YW#:~:text=The%20Wright%20Brothers%3A%20The%20Inventions%20That%20Shaped%20America,-Soon%20after%20the&text=Traveling%20across%20the%20seas%20would,especially%20in%20WWI%20and%20WWII. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Flyer_III#:~:text=On%205%20October%201905%20Wilbur,flights%20of%201903%20and%201904. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smeaton 

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/115-years-ago-wright-brothers-make-history-at-kitty-hawk/ 

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/wright-brothers 

https://bookroo.com/quotes/wright-brothers 

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https://www.shutterstock.com/search/old-plane-icon 

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/airplane-black-icon-vector-illustration-isolated-730503115 

https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers 

https://simpleflying.com/the-evolution-of-the-airplane/ 

https://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources/what-impact-did-the-first-world-war-have-on-aircraft-and-aerial-warfare 

https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/world-war-ii-aviation-uh#:~:text=War%2Dinduced%20technological%20leaps%20in,advanced%20bomber%20of%20its%20day. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aviation_in_World_War_I 

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https://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/ww2_aircraft.php#:~:text=Interesting%20Facts%20about%20the%20Aircraft%20of%20World%20War%20II&text=Airplanes%20also%20played%20an%20important,276%2C000%20aircraft%20during%20the%20war. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighter_aircraft#1940s-1950s:_First-generation 

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Spitfire 

https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/boeing-307-stratoliner-clipper-flying-cloud/nasm_A19730267000#:~:text=First%20flown%20in%20late%201938,2%2C438%20meters%20(8%2C000%20feet). 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_F-86_Sabre 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Comet 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_jump_jet 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380 

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/evolution-commercial-flying-experience 

https://www.euronews.com/next/2021/11/16/under-the-bonnet-how-have-planes-changed-over-time 

https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/flight-attendants#:~:text=It%20started%20with%20Ellen%20Church,the%20ranks%20of%20flight%20attendants. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_747 

Social Impacts - Improving the Sustainability of the Aviation Industry (google.com)

Flights into History and Their Effects on Technology, Politics, and Commerce | Encyclopedia.com

Employment : Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders (aviationbenefits.org)

Aviation and tourism: The economics : Aviation: Benefits Beyond Borders (aviationbenefits.org)

Global cargo airline industry market size 2018-2021 | Statista

Acknowledgement to Wix and Vectary (website + virtual model creators)

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