History of Aviation
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | Daedalus and Icarus | |
| Camagüey | "An event of worldwide connotation was the Camagüey Sevilla flight, made by the Spanishes Mariano Barberán y Joaquin Collar in 1933. They flew the airplane so called 'Cuatro vientos'.."(nom file). It was the longest Atlantic Ocean crossing until then. The plane disappeared when continuing from Camaguey to Mexico. | |
| Champagne | The first city-to-city flight was made in Champagne by Henri Farman, who linked Bouy, near Châlons, to the Pommery estate in Reims (Parc Pommery). The Pommery House received its visitor with the honours he deserved and celebrated the event. (Nomination file, p. 228-229) | |
| Cordoba | Abbas Ibn Firnas, known for an early attempt at aviation | |
| Grand Canyon | 1956 Grand Canyon TWA – United Airlines Aviation Accident Site, a U.S. National Historic Landmark since 2014. It was the first commercial airline incident to exceed one hundred fatalities (Wiki). | |
| Island of Saint-Louis | 13 May 1930 – Jean Mermoz completed the first south transatlantic postal flight from Saint-Louis in Senegal to Natal, Brazil. | |
| Paris, Banks of the Seine | Enri Giffard (commemorated on the Eiffel Tower), Alberto Santos-Dumont (rounded the Eiffel Tower) | |
| Phoenix Islands | site of Amelia Earhart's planecrash | |
| St. Petersburg | David Schwarz developed his airship there as an Austrian military attaché |
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