Editing Aircraft pilot (section)

==History==
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To ensure the safety of people in the air and on the ground, early [[aviation]] soon required that aircraft be under the operational control of a properly trained, certified pilot at all times, who is responsible for the safe and legal completion of the flight. The  [[Aéro-Club de France]] delivered the first certificate to [[Louis Blériot]] in 1908—followed by [[Glenn Curtiss]], [[Léon Delagrange]], and [[Robert Esnault-Pelterie]]. The British [[Royal Aero Club]] followed in 1910 and the [[Aero Club of America]] in 1911 (Glenn Curtiss receiving the first).