Airmail history on stamps

Author: Wang Zhongqiang
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the birth of manned aircraft, this book telling the history of aviation through stamps is presented to the public. It is an attempt to popularize aviation knowledge among a wide readership. Aviation is playing an increasingly important role in the hearts of the Chinese people. First, the aviation industry is playing a huge role in the national economy and its status is rising. Second, the air force is becoming the protagonist of modern warfare, gaining decisive power in winning wars. The impressive performance of aviation weapons and equipment in recent conflicts has left a deep impression on people. More people are flying by airplane in their daily lives than in the past; the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has been holding more and more large-scale events, creating rare opportunities for ordinary people to engage with aviation. An increasing number of people want to learn to fly, and even own private aircraft; the Zhuhai Airshow has been held for four consecutive sessions, each attracting several hundred thousand to over a million spectators. All these have rapidly popularized aviation knowledge and activities among the Chinese public. However, compared to foreign countries, such activities that inspire people to strive forward and offer scientific education are still too few, and there is still a long way to go to achieve the widespread popularization of aviation knowledge and activities. Commercial stunt flying with special performances had become very popular after the World War. At that time, surplus warplanes were sold cheaply, and pilots and mechanics became "idle." They quickly discovered that buying an airplane for stunt performances was a profitable business. In the United States and Europe, small planes carrying passengers for sightseeing flights, walking on wings, riding tails, and bouncing landing gear became fashionable stunt performances. Performers climbed from one aircraft to another using ladders or connected wings. China needs to further popularize aviation and lay the foundation for developing the aviation market by doing many down-to-earth tasks. Air traffic control policies need to be reformed, the aviation manufacturing sector should pay more attention to general aviation, civil aviation management departments should truly regard general aviation as a part of their work and introduce policies that are beneficial to the development of general aviation. All of these are undoubtedly very important. However, popularizing aviation knowledge is also an indispensable and important task. We hope that this new attempt can play a positive role.