BIRTH, DEVELOPMENT AND CONCEPTS FOR THE USE OF AVIATION IN WARFARE BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR

The following paper examines the emergence of the world's first ideas and attempts to create aircraft and master the third dimension. The creation and first use in warfare of aircraft lighter than air is analysed. The paper further studies the creation and development of the first aircraft heavier than air, as well as the first concepts for the use of aviation in warfare before the period prior to the First World War.