WHAT IS AVIATION?
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TERMS INTERPRETED.
Growth of aviation has become so pronounced that the United States Government has officially defined aeronautic terms for tha Nation’s air transport as follows: Aeronatutics. —The science and art pertaining to the Hight of aircraft.
Aviation. —The art of operating heavier-than-air craft
Airport.—An airport is a locality, either water or land adapted for the landing or taking-off of aircraft, and which provides facilities for shelter supplies, and repair of aircraft; or a place used regularly for tho re* ceiving or discharging of passengers or cargo by air. Airway.—An air route between air traffic centers, with landing facilities at intervals, equapped with aids to air navigation and a communication system for transmission of information pertaining to the operation of air craft. The term “airy” may apply to an air route for either land planes or seaplanes or both.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 10 December 1927, Page 9
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146WHAT IS AVIATION? Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 10 December 1927, Page 9
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