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1988 In Aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1988: Events January * Sometime during the first week of January, the Iraqi Air Force hits a Greek-owned commercial cargo ship in the Persian Gulf with an Exocet missile.Cordesman, Anthony H., and Abraham R. Wagner, ''The Lessons of Modern War, Volume II: The Iran-Iraq War'', Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1990, , pp. 352''n''. * During early January, Iran experiments with the use of AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles in antishipping strikes in the Persian Gulf. The Mavericks warhead proves too small to inflict significant damage on merchant ships.Cordesman, Anthony H., and Abraham R. Wagner, ''The Lessons of Modern War, Volume II: The Iran-Iraq War'', Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 1990, , p. 363. * January 1 – The United States Government begins to track the on-time-arrival and baggage-handling performance of United States airlines. * January 15 – Since January 1, Iraq has conducted five airstrikes against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air balloons and airships. Aviation began in the 18th century with the development of the hot air balloon, an apparatus capable of atmospheric displacement through buoyancy. Some of the most significant advancements in aviation technology came with the controlled gliding flying of Otto Lilienthal in 1896; then a large step in significance came with the construction of the first powered airplane by the Wright brothers in the early 1900s. Since that time, aviation has been technologically revolutionized by the introduction of the jet which permitted a major form of transport throughout the world. Etymology The word ''aviation'' was coined by the French writer and former naval officer Gabriel La Landelle in 1863. He derived the term from the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
