Hi, I stumbled on this article a few weeks ago and saw that it contained some out of date information, had quite a few issues and had virtually no other articles linked to it and was as a result getting very few hits.

 Since I feel that this is an important topic I have made an effort to update and improve the article, although this is not an area of expertise for me and this has limited what I am able to do. As I see it the purpose of the article should be, as with articles such as Automotive industry in the United Kingdom or Automobile industry in China, to provide a concise overview of the industry including its history, current state and economic impact, important products and companies. 

 I agree that the list of first flights is not appropriate. In my view this should be changed into a prose description of the history of the industry, with some of the first flight details being woven into the text as appropriate.

 I have started trying to improve the 'Major participants' section but in my view this requires more work. The 'Current developments' section contains a lot of interesting and useful information but appears to need some updating. 

On a minor point I see that you have moved Thales from the overseas to the domestic section of the paragraph in the lead on major participants. As I wrote this list I was looking at the companies from the perspective of the location of the ultimate parent companies headquarters and registered office. Although Thales's UK subsidiaries are registered in the UK they are wholly-owned by the French parent company.