Identifying the source of your supplied metals is the main purpose of Conflict Minerals Compliance. A Smelter is the first stop for raw materials once they have been mined or recycled by the provider.
The first airplane to take flight was built by the Wright brothers  in Ohio USA and was transported first to North Carolina and flown  for its first time there.
The concept of a jet turbine-probelled aircraft was first documented, independently, by Frank Whittle in the UK in 1928 and by Hans von Ohain in Germany in 1936. Whittle paten â¦ ted his design in the UK in 1930. The first jet aircraft to actually fly was built in Germany in 1939.