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  • Aviation Career Exploring, whose participants are called "Explorers," was one of the career-oriented programs offered by Learning for Life, a branch of...
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    during World War II as a photographer. As a child, Hilton was fascinated by aviation, and learned to fly when he was 17. After his wartime discharge, he attended...
    37 KB (4,312 words) - 13:24, 10 June 2024
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    Aviation High School, officially named Aviation Career & Technical Education High School (24Q610), is a public high school owned and operated by the New...
    7 KB (816 words) - 02:28, 3 June 2024
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    Roland Garros (aviator) (category French aviation record holders)
    October 1888 – 5 October 1918) was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot. Garros began a career in aviation in 1909 and performed many early feats such...
    21 KB (2,077 words) - 17:12, 9 June 2024
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    unclear. The company described the new missions and aircraft as part of aviation career modes. 2024 will have an electronic flight bag; improved physics engine...
    4 KB (346 words) - 15:19, 10 June 2024
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    Amelia Earhart (category American aviation record holders)
    AIR-hart; born July 24, 1897; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer. On July 2, 1937, Earhart disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while...
    128 KB (14,276 words) - 00:17, 10 June 2024
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    Fonck left school when he was 13. Although he had been interested in aviation from his youth, he was rejected for the air service when conscripted on...
    22 KB (2,849 words) - 08:16, 29 December 2023
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    Sully Sullenberger (category American aviation record holders)
    training he received from a local flight instructor influenced his aviation career. Sullenberger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and...
    65 KB (5,830 words) - 18:15, 9 June 2024
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    G. R. Gopinath (category Indian aviation businesspeople)
    States and Ryanair in Europe, Deccan Aviation launched India's first low-cost airline, Air Deccan in 2003. Deccan Aviation went public in May 2006, however...
    15 KB (1,432 words) - 01:17, 16 May 2024
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    Charles Lindbergh (category 1927 in aviation)
    significant global interest in both commercial aviation and air mail, which revolutionized the aviation industry worldwide (a phenomenon dubbed the "Lindbergh...
    236 KB (25,541 words) - 23:47, 29 May 2024
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    was killed performing a dive on film. Charles Lindbergh began his aviation career as a wing walker.[citation needed] The earliest known instance of standing...
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    OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced...
    18 KB (1,791 words) - 14:22, 28 April 2024
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    Russell. "Reginald Denny (1891-1967) - Aviation Pioneer". Lawrence Hargrave - Australia's Father of Aviation. Centre for Telecommunications and Information...
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    aboard INS Anjadip. Fernandes developed a fascination with aviation over the course of his career. In the early 1990s, he pursued advanced aeronautical training...
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  • invested in WestAir and ValuJet. He is also the founder of several non-aviation businesses in the telecommunications and adaptive learning fields. He is...
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    Walter Thomas Varney (December 26, 1888 – January 25, 1967) was an American aviation pioneer who founded forerunners of two major U.S. airlines, United Airlines...
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    1992 to 1998 he was stationed at the Vozzhaevka aviation garrison as part of reconnaissance aviation regiment. Subsequently he was based in the Primorsky...
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    pilot during the political campaigns of the early 1930s. He began his aviation career as a flying ace in World War I. He later became Hitler's personal pilot...
    16 KB (1,884 words) - 13:10, 12 February 2024
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    Pete Conrad (category National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees)
    (1974) He is inducted into several Aviation and Astronaut Halls of Fame. In 1980 he was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame. He was one of ten...
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    and pioneered the U.S. aircraft industry. He also published two early aviation trade journals. Lawson is frequently cited as the inventor of the airliner...
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