Thursday 9 August 2012

Concept And Types Of Aviation

Concept
         While aeronautics is the study of science of flight or aircraft, aviation is the science, buisness or operation related to aircraft.

Types
     Aviation can be breadly classified into 3 areas. Namely:
  • Military Aviation
  • Commercial Aviation
  • General Aviation


Military Aviation
         The first part of aviation is military aviation.It refers to aircraft flown by the armed forces.
Aircraft have been a major weapon in many wars.


Commercial Aviation
        The second part of aviation relates to aviation for commercial purpose.Commercial aviation began in Germany 1910.It provides public air transportation to approximately 500 location throughout  the country to every part of the globe. Commercial aviation may also carry cargo and mail and this is the most common type of aviation.


General Aviation
        The third part General aviation is all civil aeronautics with the exception of commercial air transpot operations.This includes sports flying, buisness flying and crop dusting.These aircraft range from gliders,ultra light and micro light aircraft and small two seater single engine.Although General aviation is a vital part of air traffic.

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