... flung themselves from high places. However, these devices did not perform well. According to Donald Lopez, Senior Advisor to the director of the National Air and Space Museum, in his book Aviation a Smithsonian guide, people of that time tried to imitate birds. For example "in 1010 a monk named Eilmer jumped from Malmesbury Abbey in England and broke his legs. In 1162 ... Boeing Company in the United States and Airbus in Europe "offer a wide variety of aircraft with different capabilities. Today's jet airliners carry anywhere from 100 passengers to more than 500 over short and long dist...

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