Aviation in Florida

The first aeronautical event in Florida was presented on January 28, 1878, when a balloon flew over Jacksonville. Florida has since hosted four major aviation events.

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 air show 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 Lakeland.

Museums

 * Air Force Armament Museum, Valparaiso, Florida
 * Air Force Space and Missile Museum, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
 * 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