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Aviation in Maryland information


Aviation in Maryland
Aviation in the United States
Maryland
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Airports
Commercial – primary2
Commercial – non-primary1
General aviation9
Other public-use airports17
Military and other airports5
First flight
  • 1784 - Hot air balloon
  • 1850 - Dirigible
  • 1909 - Heavier than air

Maryland's first aeronautical event was the flight of 13-year-old Edward Warren from Baltimore in Peter Carne's tethered hot air balloon in 1784.[1]

  1. ^ John R. Breihan (2009). Maryland Aviation.

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