'''Aircraft''' are machines that locomote through the atmosphere. The earliest aircraft were [[kite]]s and hot air balloons. [[Dirigible]]s filled with hydrogen proved airworthy, but there was always the problem of combustion (see [[Hindenburg]] disaster). | '''Aircraft''' are machines that locomote through the atmosphere. The earliest aircraft were [[kite]]s and hot air balloons. [[Dirigible]]s filled with hydrogen proved airworthy, but there was always the problem of combustion (see [[Hindenburg]] disaster). |