Aviation in Florida explained
Region: | Florida |
Series: | Aviation in the United States |
Cs Primary: | 20 |
Cs Non-Primary: | 22 |
General Aviation: | 58 |
Other Public-Use: | 29 |
Military: | 24 |
First Flight: | - Balloon - 1878
- Heavier-than-air - 1914
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The first aeronautical event in Florida was presented on January 28, 1878, when a balloon flew over Jacksonville.[1] Florida has since hosted four major aviation events.[2]
Events
Aircraft manufacturers
Aerospace
Airports
Commercial service
Organizations
Government and military
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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
Notes and References
- Book: Wings Over Florida. Lynn M. Homan, Thomas Reilly.
- Book: 200 Quick Looks at Florida History. James C. Clark. 73.
- Book: Wings over Florida. Lynn M. Homan. 46.
- Book: Wings over Florida. Lynn M. Homan. 43.
- Book: Remembering St. Petersburg, Florida: More Sunshine City Stories. Scott Taylor Hartzell. 83.
- Flying Magazine. November 1938. Florida Sprouts Wings. John Forney Rudy.
- Web site: FDOT . 1 April 2015 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/19980625052720/http://www.dot.state.fl.us/aviation/ . 25 June 1998 .
- Web site: Aircraft Operations | Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. 2020-10-06. 2017-09-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20170904232721/https://www.omao.noaa.gov/learn/aircraft-operations. dead.