Aviation
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...agricultural, business, charter, instructional, and pleasure flying; it includes...powered aircraft based in part on his designs, Daedalus 88, flew 72 mi (115 km...Englishman W. S. Henson patented a design for a machine that closely foreshadowed...significant improvements in airplane design and, as more powerful engines became...tunnel testing, engine and airframe design, and maintenance equipment combined...introduction of fly-by-wire control systems, which rely on computers and electronics...