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Aviation in Rhode Island
Aviation in Rhode Island
Aviation in the United States
	Rhode Island State Flag
Airports
Commercial – primary	1
Commercial – non-primary	2
General aviation	1
Other public-use airports	1
Military and other airports	0
First flight
	1856 - Balloon

Aviation in Rhode Island is the aeronautical history of that American New England state.

Rhode Island's first aeronautical event was a flight by James Allen in 1856 in a hot air balloon.^[1]

Events edit

1896, Edson Fessenden Gallaudet demonstrated a wing warping glider four years before the Wright Brothers. The glider is on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
1916, Providence born pilot, Godfrey DeCourcelles Chevalier participates in the first production catapult launches.

Rhode Island Pilots Association - is headquartered in Warwick, Rhode Island.^[2]

All flight operations in Rhode Island are conducted within FAA oversight.^[3]
The Rhode Island Air National Guard was founded 1915 operating two Curtiss flying boats.
Former Governor Bruce Sundlun served as a Boeing B-17 gunner in World War II. Later becoming a partner in Executive Jet Aviation.
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation operates a Bell 407 Helicopter in support of all state agencies.
The Rhode Island Airport Corporation enforces the provisions of the Uniform Aeronautical Regulatory Act (UAR).

Quonset Air Museum ^[4]
Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame is managing the John F. Kennedy Aircraft Carrier Project.^[5]

^ "Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
^ "Rhode Island Pilots Association". Retrieved 26 December 2011.
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^ "Quonset Air Museum". Archived from the original on 2015-09-16. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
^ "USS John F. Kennedy". Retrieved 26 December 2011.