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Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. Aircraft, include fixed wing ( airplane) and rotary wing ( helicopter) types, as well as lighter than air craft such as balloons and airships (also known as dirigibles.) Aviation can be broadly divided into three areas:
General Aviation is a term comprising all of aviation other than military and scheduled air transportFor other article subjects named transport see transport (disambiguation). Transport or transportation in American English, is the movement of people and goods from one place to another. The term is derived from the Latin trans meaning across and portare (airlines), and includes privately owned aircraft, charter services, business owned aircraft, such as "bizjets," and many more types of working aircraft that are not, strictly speaking, for transportation. General aviation (GA), contrary to popular opinion, is not exclusively non-commercial. Although a large part of General Aviation consists of recreational flying, an equally large part involves important, commercial activities. These include flight trainingFlight training is a course of study used when learning to pilot an aircraft. Although there are various types of aircraft, many of the principles of piloting them have common techniques, especially those aircraft which are heavier than air types. In addi, shipping, surveying, agricultural application, air taxi, charter passenger service, corporate flying, emergency transport, police, firefighting and more. UltralightsUltralight aviation is a segment of aviation that is permitted in the United States of America by the FAA as long as certain weight, speed, and fuel capacity restrictions are observed. The governing regulation is FAR 103, and allows single seat aircraft o are increasingly becoming a part of the highly regularised civil aviation system, and are often considered a part of general aviation.
Military aviation includes combat activities as well as flight missions that support military activities.