• Source: Aviation in Florida

      • The first aeronautical event in Florida was presented on January 28, 1878, when a balloon flew over Jacksonville. Florida has since hosted four major aviation events.


      Events


      January 1914 - St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line becomes the first airline in the world using heavier-than-air vehicles.
      December 1916 - Navy takes delivery of its first airship, the DN-1
      April 1, 1926 - Florida Airways starts Commercial Air Mail (CAM) Service.
      Sun 'n Fun air show started in 1974.


      Aircraft manufacturers


      Comp Air - Merritt Island, Florida
      Piper Aircraft - Vero Beach
      Progressive Aerodyne - Tavares, Florida


      Aerospace


      Florida Institute of Technology
      Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University


      Airports


      List of airports in Florida


      Commercial service


      Air Florida based in Florida from 1971 to 1984
      Red Arrow Flying Service - Chalk's Ocean Airways - Chalk's International Airlines founded in Miami in 1917.
      National Airlines founded in 1934.


      Organizations


      Florida Aviation Association - Founded in 1936 in Orlando
      Space Florida


      Government and military


      Florida Department of Transportation
      The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration bases its aircraft at the Aircraft Operations Center in Lakeland.


      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


      References

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