User:Novarupta/Outline of aviation

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to aviation:

Aviation –

What type of thing is aviation?
Aviation can be described as all of the following:

Branches of aviation

 * Civil aviation
 * Commercial air transport
 * Scheduled air transport
 * Air charter
 * Air taxi
 * Commercial business aviation
 * General aviation
 * Non-commercial business aviation
 * Aerial work
 * Aerial application
 * Aerial firefighting
 * Aerial photography
 * Aerial survey
 * Police aviation
 * Search and rescue
 * Air medical services
 * Aerial advertising
 * Flight training
 * Recreational aviation
 * Gliding


 * Military aviation
 * By branch
 * Air force
 * Naval aviation
 * Army aviation
 * By mission
 * Air supremacy
 * Aerial reconnaissance
 * Tactical bombing
 * Strategic bombing
 * Airlift
 * Airborne forces

History of aviation
History of aviation
 * By era
 * Early flying machines
 * Claims to the first powered flight
 * Aviation in the pioneer era (1903-1914)
 * Aviation in World War I (1914-1918)
 * Aerial reconnaissance in World War I
 * Strategic bombing during World War I
 * Aviation between the World Wars (1918-1939)
 * Aviation in World War II (1939-1945)
 * Air warfare of World War II
 * Post-war aviation (1945-1979)
 * Jet Age
 * Aviation in the Digital Age (1980-present)
 * By aircraft categories
 * History of ballooning
 * History of military ballooning
 * History of unmanned aerial vehicles
 * History of unmanned combat aerial vehicles

Aviation organizations

 * International aviation organizations
 * International Civil Aviation Organization
 * Chicago Convention on International Civil Aviation
 * International Air Transport Association
 * National aviation authorities
 * List of civil aviation authorities
 * Airlines
 * Passenger airlines
 * Flag carriers
 * Legacy carriers
 * Low-cost carriers
 * Regional airlines
 * Cargo airlines
 * Airport operators
 * Air traffic control
 * Aircraft manufacturers
 * Aircraft maintenance

Persons influential in aviation

 * Aviators/Pilots
 * Otto Lilienthal &mdash; pioneer of unpowered flight (gliding)
 * Wright brothers &mdash; credited with the first flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft (1903)
 * Manfred von Richthofen &mdash; famous World War I flying ace, known as "Red Baron"
 * Charles Lindbergh &mdash; first non-stop transatlantic flight (1927)
 * Amelia Earhart &mdash; set many early records for female aviators, including first woman to fly across the Atlantic (1928)
 * Chuck Yeager &mdash; first person to fly faster than the speed of sound (1947)
 * Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager &mdash; first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world (1986)
 * Aeronautical Engineers
 * Aviation businesspeople