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''main article: Aviation History In Romania '' Romania has a rich tradition in the Aviation field. At the beginning of the 20th century flight pioneers like Aurel Vlaicu , Traian Vuia and George Valentin Bibescu brought important contributions to early aviation history, building revolutionary aeroplanes and changing the age's mentalities. In 1910 the Romanian scientist Henri Coandă built the world's first jet engine and made important discoveries in aeronautics and physics, as the Coanda Effect . Hermann Oberth was also a native Romanian, born in Sibiu . Along the 20th century Romania built military aircraft, as the IAR-93 and IAR-99 Şoim fighters, helicopters ( IAR 316 , IAR 330 - under Aerospatiale licence) as well as passenger aircraft ROMBAC 1-11 built under British Aircraft Corporation licence. The industrial facilities for aircraft building and maintenance are located in Bacǎu (Aerostar SA), Braşov (IAR Ghimbav), Craiova (Avioane Craiova SA) and Bucharest (Romaero, Turbomecanica). Dumitru Prunariu is the only Romanian astronaut who participated in a space mission ( Soyuz 40 - May 14, 1981). ROMANIAN AIR TRANSPORT OPERATORS
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AIRPORTS IN ROMANIA Romania has a well developed airport infrastructure compared to other countries in Eastern Europe . There are 17 commercial airports in service today, most of them opened for international traffic. Four of the airports (OTP, BBU, TSR, CND) have runways of over 3,200 m (10,500 ft) in length allowing the access of large aircraft, like Boeing 747 . Three of the airports (BCM, CRA, SUJ) have runways of 2,500 m in length, while the rest of them have runways of 1,800 to 2,000 m. Almost all the airports have experienced traffic grow in the last 4 years. The airports in Romania considering the passanger traffic criteria are: FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Following the ascendent curve of the economy growth, the air transportation in , Chicago , Montreal and Beijing . The first Romanian low-cost airline, Blue Air is going through a development phase, while other low cost airlines are ready to start their operations. There are many investment projects also in airport infrastructure: the upgrading of the existing airports (major rehabilitation programs for OTP, TSR, CLJ, CND, the airports with the most significant traffic growth) and the construction of three new airports in Braşov (the only large Romanian city without a commercial airport), Galaţi - Brăila (a 600,000 inhabitants urban area without airport access) and Deva - Alba Iulia (Southern Transylvania). EXTERNAL LINKS
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