Timeline of aviation before the 18th century

Article “Timeline of aviation before the 18th century” in English Wikipedia has 24.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 13 references and 4 sections.

This article has the best quality in Greek Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Timeline of aviation before the 18th century”, its content was written by 67 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 143 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 144 times in English Wikipedia and cited 201 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #60766 in January 2005
• Global: #34937 in December 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #475799 in May 2008
• Global: #626539 in May 2008

There are 5 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Greek (el) Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα		36.8008
2	English (en) Timeline of aviation before the 18th century		24.9264
3	Vietnamese (vi) Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18		17.9705
4	French (fr) Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle		10.4187
5	Dutch (nl) Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw		4.2489

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Timeline of aviation before the 18th century" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Timeline of aviation before the 18th century		96 848
2	French (fr) Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle		15 140
3	Dutch (nl) Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw		9 019
4	Vietnamese (vi) Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18		2 340
5	Greek (el) Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα		536

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Timeline of aviation before the 18th century" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Timeline of aviation before the 18th century		220
2	French (fr) Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle		46
3	Vietnamese (vi) Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18		6
4	Greek (el) Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα		3
5	Dutch (nl) Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw		3

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Timeline of aviation before the 18th century" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Timeline of aviation before the 18th century		67
2	French (fr) Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle		38
3	Dutch (nl) Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw		25
4	Vietnamese (vi) Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18		8
5	Greek (el) Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα		5

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Timeline of aviation before the 18th century" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Greek (el) Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα		0
2	English (en) Timeline of aviation before the 18th century		0
3	French (fr) Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle		0
4	Dutch (nl) Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw		0
5	Vietnamese (vi) Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Timeline of aviation before the 18th century" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Timeline of aviation before the 18th century		144
2	French (fr) Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle		44
3	Vietnamese (vi) Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18		8
4	Dutch (nl) Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw		5
5	Greek (el) Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα		0

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#	Language	Value
el	Greek Χρονολόγιο της αεροπορίας πριν τον 18ο αιώνα
en	English Timeline of aviation before the 18th century
fr	French Aéronautique avant le XVIIIe siècle
nl	Dutch Luchtvaart voor de 18e eeuw
vi	Vietnamese Thời gian biểu hàng không - trước thế kỷ 18

Best Rank

English: #475799 05.2008

Global: #626539 05.2008

Best Rank

English: #60766 01.2005

Global: #34937 12.2004

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