Aviation In Wisconsin
Aviation in Wisconsin refers to the aviation industry of the United States, American Midwestern state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin's first aeronautical event was a flight of a Curtiss aircraft by Arthur Pratt Warner on November 2, 1909, in Beloit, Wisconsin, Beloit. Events * 1953 - The Experimental Aircraft Association is founded in Hales Corners. * 1962, September 6 - Korabl-Sputnik 1 re-enters and imbeds itself into a street in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Manitowoc. * 1970 - The Experimental Aircraft Association moves its EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, airshow to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh. The airshow has grown to become the largest annual airshow in the United States. * 1984 - Cirrus Aircraft is founded in a rural Baraboo barn. Aircraft Manufacturers * American Champion, Rochester, Wisconsin, Rochester 1980 – present, builds modern variations of the Aeronca Champion. * Basler Turbo Conversions, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Oshkosh 1957 – present, manufactures Basler BT-67s by retrofitting Dou ...
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Aviation In The United States
The United States has an extensive air transportation network. In 2013, there were 86 airports in the U.S. that annually handled over 1,000,000 passengers each.CY 2013 Primary Airports -- Preliminary Data
The List of airlines of the United States, civil airline industry is entirely privately owned and has been largely Airline Deregulation Act, deregulated since 1978, while List of airports in the United States, most major airports are publicly owned. The three largest airlines in the world by passengers carried are U.S.-based; American Airlines is number one after its 2013 acquisition by US Airways. Of the List of the world's busiest airports by passenger traffic, world's 50 busiest passenger airports, 16 are in the ...
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