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The second decade of the twentieth century marked the beginning of the U.S. aircraft industry. Growth was slow though and companies remained small until the United States started supporting the needs generated by World War I. The war provided the impetus for the creation of several fledgling companies and the growth of already-existing companies.

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Gallaudet The honor of organizing the first aircraft factory in the United States may belong to Edson Gallaudet, who, in 1908, organized the first aircraft engineering office, which the modern General Dynamics Corporation claims as its ancestor. In 1910, he established Gallaudet Engineering Company to build planes under contract. He reorganized as the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation in 1917. Its first mass production craft was the 1918 production of Curtiss floatplanes. The DB-1 and DB-1B, built after the war and planned as day bombers, never reached the production stage. The company was sold to Major Reuben Fleet of the newly formed Consolidated Aircraft in 1923.

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While many feel the history of aviation begins with Orville and Wilbur Wright, the truth is the history of aviation extends more than 2,200 years, starting with the first manmade kite. These kites, like UAVs (unmanned air vehicles) of today, found use by the military to help create attack plans against their enemies. At the turn of the second century, the military found use in the implementation of hot air balloons. Interestingly, when a lit oil lamp located within the balloon flew overhead, the enemy did not know what to make of it, frightening them. While there were many attempts at flight between the turn of the second century and the first flight of Flyer 1, the majority of flights were unmanned, employing gases that were lighter than air. A perfect example occurred on December 1, 1884, when Jacques Charles and Nicolas-Louis Robert from Paris, France, flew their hydrogen balloon to an altitude of 1,800 ft, covering a distance of more than 22 miles. Although many people in the late 1800s were very impressed with this flight, little did they know, it had barely scratched the surface of aviation.

Early years of flight in USA

The Wright Brothers also built a movable track for Flyer 1 in order to gain enough airspeed to help the launch. After two attempts, Orville took Flyer 1 for a 12-second, sustained flight on December 17, 1903 near Kill Devil Hills, NC. This was the first successful, powered, piloted flight in history.

A Teal Group 2012 market study estimates that UAV spending will nearly double during the next 10 years, growing from current worldwide expenditures of $6.6 billion, annually, to $11.4 billion, totaling more than $89 billion during the next 10 years.

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Commonly called F/A-18E/F Super Hornet " The Rhino"

The Boeing F/A-18E and F/A-18F Super Hornet are supersonic twin-engine, carrier-capable, multirole fighter aircraft variants derived from the McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet series.