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Aviation in Florida

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Aviation in Florida

Florida's first aeronautical event occurred on 28 January 1878, when a balloon flew over Jacksonville. Florida's hosted the first airline flight on New Year's Day 1914.

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Events

  • January 1914 - St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line becomes the first airline in the world using heavier than air vehicles.
  • December 1916 - Navy takes delivery of its first airship, the DN-1
  • April 1, 1926 - Florida Airways starts Commercial Air Mail (CAM) Service.
  • Sun 'n Fun airshow started in 1974

    • Aircraft manufacturers

  • Comp Air - Merritt Island, Florida
  • Piper Aircraft - Vero Beach
  • Progressive Aerodyne - Tavares, Florida

    • Aerospace

  • Florida Institute of Technology
  • Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University

    • Airports

  • List of airports in Florida

    • Commercial service

  • Air Florida based in Florida from 1971 to 1984
  • Red Arrow Flying Service - Chalk's Ocean Airways - Chalk's International Airlines founded in Miami in 1917.
  • National Airlines founded in 1934.

    • Organizations

  • Florida Aviation Association - Founded in 1936 in Orlando
  • Space Florida

    • Government and military

  • Florida Department of Transportation
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration bases its aircraft at the Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa.

    • Museums

  • Air Force Armament Museum, Valparaiso, Florida
  • Air Force Space & Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral
  • Airport Museum (Melbourne, Florida)
  • DeLand Naval Air Station Museum, DeLand, Florida
  • Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida
  • Florida Air Museum, Lakeland, Florida
  • Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island, Florida
  • Kissimmee Air Museum
  • National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, Florida
  • United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, south of Titusville, Florida
  • US Space Walk of Fame, Titusville, Florida
  • Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville, Florida
  • Wings of Dreams Aviation Museum, Keystone Heights, Florida
  • Wings Over Miami, Tamiami Airport, Miami

    • References

    Aviation in Florida Wikipedia
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