| Aviation in Florida | |
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| Aviation in the United States | |
Florida State Flag
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| Commercial – non-primary | 22 |
| General aviation | 58 |
| Other public-use airports | 29 |
| Military and other airports | 24 |
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Florida's first aeronautical event occurred on 28 January 1878, when a balloon flew over Jacksonville.[1] Florida's hosted the first airline flight on New Year's Day 1914.[2]
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Events[edit]
- 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.[3]
- Sun 'n Fun airshow started in 1974
Aircraft manufacturers[edit]
- Comp Air - Merritt Island, Florida
- Piper Aircraft - Vero Beach
- Progressive Aerodyne - Tavares, Florida
Aerospace[edit]
Airports[edit]
Commercial service[edit]
- 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.[4]
- National Airlines founded in 1934.[5]
Organizations[edit]
- Florida Aviation Association - Founded in 1936 in Orlando[6]
- Space Florida
Government and military[edit]
- Florida Department of Transportation [7]
- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration bases its aircraft at the Aircraft Operations Center in Tampa.
Museums[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly. Wings Over Florida.
- ^ James C. Clark. 200 Quick Looks at Florida History. p. 73.
- ^ Lynn M. Homan. Wings over Florida. p. 46.
- ^ Lynn M. Homan. Wings over Florida. p. 43.
- ^ Scott Taylor Hartzell. Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida: More Sunshine City Stories. p. 83.
- ^ John Forney Rudy (November 1938). "Florida Sprouts Wings". Flying Magazine.
- ^ "FDOT". Retrieved 1 April 2015.