HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
The birth of aviation and World War I
Montgolfier 1783; Dirigibles 1785
1890 Ader first 50m flight, barely above ground; Dec. 17, in France
1901 Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian, flew in France 30 min.
1903 Wright Brothers, 260 meters, 59 sec. in North Carolina
First helicopter flight 1907 by Paul Cornu, France
Graf Zeppelin and first military use of heavier-than-air aircraft