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

Aviation –

What type of thing is aviation?[edit]

Aviation can be described as all of the following:

Branches of aviation[edit]

Civil aviation
- Commercial air transport
  - Scheduled air transport
  - Air charter
  - Air taxi
  - Commercial business aviation
- General aviation
  - Non-commercial business aviation
  - Aerial work
  - Flight training
  - Recreational aviation
    - Gliding
Military aviation
- By branch
- By mission

History of aviation[edit]

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

General aviation concepts[edit]

Aviation organizations[edit]

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
- Cargo airlines
Airport operators
Air traffic control
Aircraft manufacturers
Aircraft maintenance

Aviation publications[edit]

Persons influential in aviation[edit]

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