Dictionary entry overview: What does aviation mean? â¢ AVIATION (noun) The noun AVIATION has 4 senses: 1. the aggregation of a country's military aircraft 2. the operation of aircraft to provide transportation 3. the art of operating aircraft 4. travel via aircraft Familiarity information: AVIATION used as a noun is uncommon.
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in a Lake Superior storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire crew of 29. When launched on June 7, 1958, she was the largest ship on North America's Great Lakes, and she remains the largest to have sunk there.
Australian sailors vanished into a fog during WWI. A century later, we found out where they went. By Lindsey Bever By Lindsey Bever Email the author December 21, 2017 Email the author Follow @lindseybever An Australian naval submarine that went missing on Sept. 14, 1914, during World War I, has been found off the coast of Papua New Guinea, ending a more than 100-year search for the vessel.