History of Aviation

Connected Sites: 9

Connected Sites

  • Acropolis
    Inscribed: 1987
    4.27
    488
    14
    Daedalus and Icarus
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Phoenix Islands
    Inscribed: 2010
    1.74
    3
    0
    site of Amelia Earhart's planecrash
  • St. Petersburg
    Inscribed: 1990
    4.19
    267
    9
    David Schwarz developed his airship there as an Austrian military attaché
  • Camagüey
    Inscribed: 2008
    2.39
    55
    4
    "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.
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Island of Saint-Louis
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.07
    45
    2
    13 May 1930 – Jean Mermoz completed the first south transatlantic postal flight from Saint-Louis in Senegal to Natal, Brazil.
    See afterburner.com.pl
  • Champagne
    Inscribed: 2015
    3.16
    220
    9
    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
    Cordoba
    Spain
    Inscribed: 1984
    4.18
    376
    9
    Abbas Ibn Firnas, known for an early attempt at aviation
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    Inscribed: 1991
    4.19
    680
    20
    Enri Giffard (commemorated on the Eiffel Tower), Alberto Santos-Dumont (rounded the Eiffel Tower)
    See en.wikipedia.org
  • Grand Canyon
    Grand Canyon
    United States of America
    Inscribed: 1979
    4.40
    380
    21
    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).
    See en.wikipedia.org