Written by Ivan Jurilj - a Master of Aeronautical Engineering and former Air Force Officer, this book is trying to reveal the most important episodes of the amazing history of World aviation. At the same time it is focused on describing how airplane evolved, from its earliest days to modern times. Both military and civil airplanes went through unimaginable changes through the period of “only” 110 years - from fragile flying machines fighting to stay airborne, to mighty rulers of the sky capable of flying much faster than the speed of sound, to reach the edge of space and be able to bring continents to time distances of only a few hours.