Aviation History
 
Aviation History
The 20-year period between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War has been called the' Golden Age of Aviation'. During this time peniod, the airplane changed from a  slow, wood-and-wire-framed and fabric-covered biplane to a fast, sleek, all-metal monoplane. Immediately after World War ended, many countries in Europe began to look at the airplane or its commercial value.

Less than three months after the armistice was signed, Germany started the world's first passenger airline service using heavier-than-air craft between Berlin, Leipzig, and Weimar. The British and French both began passenger service in 1919, using modified military bombers to carry passengers between London and Paris. Passenger service began in the United States in the late 1920s.

Part 2:AVIATION HISTORY STORY
By Robert Guttman
Developed from the Tupolev Tu-95 “Bear” strategic bomber, the Tu-114 Rossiya airliner set records as the world’s fastest turboprop aircraft.
The peculiar passion that Russians seem to harbor for huge aircraft can be traced all the way back to 1913, when Igor Sikorsky built the Russky Vityaz, the world’s first four-engine airplane and the largest in the world at that time. Their enthusiasm for giants continued into World War I, with the production of Sikorsky’s four-engine Ilya Muromets, and persisted throughout the Soviet era. While many Soviet designers created gargantuan airplanes, the most consistently successful ones originated from the design bureau headed by Andrei Tupolev. 
For more than 60 years Tupolev remained one of the most influential Russian aircraft designers in spite of being twice arrested for subversive activities—once by the Tsarist regime and once by the Soviets. In fact, Tupolev actually developed his highly successful Tu-2 medium bomber while imprisoned for treason by Josef Stalin during World War II.

Part 3:Aviation News
Beginning on Sunday, 15 airlines - seven domestic and eight foreign - will start operating from Beijing Daxing International Airport, according to the airport authority.
Starting on Sunday, Beijing Capital Airlines, Hebei Airlines and Juneyao Airlines will operate solely from the new airport. China Southern Airlines, China Eastern Airlines and Air China are going to transfer some of their flights from Beijing Capital International Airport that same day.
China Eastern will transfer 10 percent of its current flights from the Beijing Capital airport, with international flights accounting for no less than 10 percent of that.
On Sunday, the company will open a route from Beijing to Fukuoka, Japan, the first international flight since the airport started operations on Sept 25.
China Southern is moving its southbound flights to the new airport, and all of its flights will be moved to Daxing by March 2021. Moreover, Air China will begin to operate its Bangkok-bound flight and 10 domestic flights at Daxing airport.
In addition, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Royal Brunei Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Himalaya Airlines and iFly Airlines will move all their operations from the capital airport to Daxing airport, while Polish Airlines and Finnair will have a presence in both Daxing Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport.
Once the flight transfers are complete, the 15 airlines will operate 119 routes from the new airport, consisting of 104 domestic and 15 international routes to 118 destinations.

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