History
In 1921, Croydon Airport, London was the first airport in the world to introduce air traffic control.
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“I cannot be much pleased without an appearance of truth; at least of possibility—I wish the history to be natural though the sentiments are refined; and the characters to be probable, though their behaviour is excelling.”
—Frances Burney (1752–1840)
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—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
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