What are the oldest US airports still in operation? The first crewed lighter-than-air flight took place in 1783 in France, and during the Civil War, the Union Army even established the Balloon Corps. The Wright Brothers achieved the first heavier-than-air, sustained, powered flight in 1903. After that, there was an explosion of manned powered aircraft and these needed places to operate from.
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