User:Novarupta/Outline of aviation

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to aviation:

Aviation –

What type of thing is aviation?

Aviation can be described as all of the following:

Branches of aviation

• Civil aviation
  • Commercial air transport
    • Scheduled air transport
    • Air charter
    • Air taxi
    • Commercial business aviation
  • General aviation
    • Non-commercial business aviation
    • Aerial work
      • Aerial application
      • Aerial firefighting
      • Aerial photography
      • Aerial survey
      • Police aviation
      • Search and rescue
      • Air medical services
      • Aerial advertising
    • Flight training
    • Recreational aviation
      • Gliding
• Military aviation
  • By branch
    • Air force
    • Naval aviation
    • Army aviation
  • By mission
    • Air supremacy
    • Aerial reconnaissance
    • Tactical bombing
    • Strategic bombing
    • Airlift
    • Airborne forces

History of aviation

History of aviation

• By era
  • Early flying machines
    • Claims to the first powered flight
  • Aviation in the pioneer era (1903-1914)
  • Aviation in World War I (1914-1918)
    • Aerial reconnaissance in World War I
    • Strategic bombing during World War I
  • Aviation between the World Wars (1918-1939)
  • Aviation in World War II (1939-1945)
    • Air warfare of World War II
  • Post-war aviation (1945-1979)
    • Jet Age
  • Aviation in the Digital Age (1980-present)
• By aircraft categories
  • History of ballooning
    • History of military ballooning
  • History of unmanned aerial vehicles
    • History of unmanned combat aerial vehicles

Aviation organizations

• International aviation organizations
  • International Civil Aviation Organization
    • Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation
  • International Air Transport Association
• National aviation authorities
  • List of civil aviation authorities
• Airlines
  • Passenger airlines
    • Flag carriers
    • Legacy carriers
    • Low-cost carriers
    • Regional airlines
  • Cargo airlines
• Airport operators
• Air traffic control
• Aircraft manufacturers
• Aircraft maintenance

Persons influential in aviation

• Aviators/Pilots
  • Otto Lilienthal — pioneer of unpowered flight (gliding)
  • Wright brothers — credited with the first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft (1903)
  • Manfred von Richthofen — famous World War I flying ace, known as "Red Baron"
  • Charles Lindbergh — first non-stop transatlantic flight (1927)
  • Amelia Earhart — set many early records for female aviators, including first woman to fly across the Atlantic (1928)
  • Chuck Yeager — first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947)
  • Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager — first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world (1986)
• Aeronautical Engineers
• Aviation businesspeople

External links

• This outline displayed as a mindmap, at wikimindmap.com