aviation

Aviation is a term that comes from French aviation, in turn derived from Latin avis (which can be translated as "bird"). This is how the air Transport that takes place through vehicles that weigh more than the air.

The idea of ​​aviation, therefore, is linked to the aircraft that make up the group of streamlined (machines that, being heavier than air, must resort to their own means to achieve their lift). The planes, the helicopters and the gliders they are part of this set.

The aerostats Like the airships and the hot air balloons, on the other hand, they are aircraft that have a tank with a gas less dense than air, so they can rise and float. The traditional definition of aviation, therefore, does not contemplate them.

The concept of aviation is often linked to air transport.

Historical tour

In its broadest sense, the concept of aviation refers to the design, manufacture, operation and use of aircraft. The notion includes material means, human Resources and multiple activities.

While man's desire to fly can be traced to the Prehistory, the origins of aviation lie in the XIX century, when the first gliders emerged and were consolidated. By then, progress had been made with the construction of aerostats.

The American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright and the brazilian Alberto Santos Dumont They are among the pioneers of aviation as they made historic flights. Since then, the development of aviation has never stopped: aircraft have been perfected, longer and longer distances have been achieved by air, and both speed and speed have been increased. security of displacements.

Military aviation and civil aviation

It is called military aviation the human and material resources that make up the air force of a country. It includes all the elements of the armed forces that take part in missions, campaigns and actions carried out by air.

The civil AviationIn this way, it covers what is not associated with military services. In it you can differentiate between the general aviation (non-military state flights, private flights and sports flights) and the commercial aviation (regular flights for the transport of passengers and load).

Military aviation operates under the orbit of the armed forces of a country.

Airlines

A central component of commercial aviation are the Airlines or airlines. The activity of these Business It consists of the transfer of people, animals and / or cargo on airplanes.

Typically airlines cover itineraries preset at specific times (a company X can fly from lime to London all the Tuesday at 10am, to mention one possibility).

If specific agreements are made with clients for the development of the trips, they talk about charter flights. A club of soccer You can hire a charter flight to take your players and coaching staff to a specific city where a match will be played.

When an airline has a State as the main shareholder and enjoys certain benefits in the operation of the routes, receives the name of flag line. The budget airlines or low cost, for their part, they sell tickets at lower prices than conventional prices by removing services or charging them separately (such as food or luggage transfer).