Transport modes that move people or goods through the atmosphere or beyond it, whether by fixed-wing aircraft, rotorcraft, lighter-than-air craft or spacecraft. Belongs here: any mode whose medium is air or space, from commercial and cargo aviation to helicopters, airships, seaplanes and orbital or suborbital spaceflight. Does not belong here: the aircraft or spacecraft themselves as vehicles, or the airlines and airports that operate and host them, which belong under Vehicles and Infrastructure respectively.
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1. Wikipedia: History of aviation
WikipediaHistory of aviation, 21 November 1783 Montgolfier flightQuote, History of aviation, 21 November 1783 Montgolfier flight
On 21 November, the Montgolfiers launched the first free flight with human passengers.
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