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This 4-page paper examines the benefits that airplanes and helicopters have had on society in general. In addition to some historical discussion about airplanes, the paper mentions advantages that air travel has brought forward. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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of manned flight was considered an amusing pastime. Though many men had looked toward the birds in an attempt to be like them, no one really believed that man could
fly like birds. More than 100 years later, however, these skeptics have been proven to be incorrect. Not only can man (and
woman) fly in planes, planes and other aircraft (such as helicopters) are in use constantly, and for the most part, have been proving beneficial to society as a whole.
Though air travel in its very earliest days wasnt necessary considered practical or affordable, much of this changed following World War I (and
the fact that planes were used, in part, to win this war). Following the war, aircraft became entertainment, as "barnstormers" appeared in their planes to entertain the crowds (Kruggel, 2003).
These men (and some women) were called barnstormers because part of their act involved flying through open barns (Kruggel, 2003). Furthermore, Charles Lindbergh, in 1927, proved that aircraft could travel
oceans, thanks to his historic flight (Kruggel, 2003). From that point on, airplanes became less of a novelty and began moving more
into the realm of necessity. By the late 1930s, the U.S. Postal Service was using airplanes to carry mal and passengers form coast to cast (Kruggel, 2003).
Further aviation developments during World War II boosted technology in this area - following the war, military airfields around the world that had been originally
built for the war effort had been sold to cities afterward, which then opened up their own commercial airports (Kruggel, 2003). This created a whole new employment industry, as maintenance
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