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First South
American military balloon reconnaissance ascent. On 6 July, Lieutenant Colonel Roberto A. Chodasiewicz, an Argentine Army military engineer, makes the first South American military observation ascent, manning a Brazilian Army's captive ballon over Paraguayan troops, during the Paraguayan
2505:, describing the research completed so far into flight. Chanute's book, a summary of many articles published in the "American Engineer and Railroad Journal", is a comprehensive account on the stage of development worldwide on the way to the aeroplane.
2964:, reaching an altitude of 400 metres (1,300 feet) with five men on board. Although the flight lasts only 18 minutes, covers only 5.6 kilometers (3.5 mi), and ends in an emergency landing on the lake, it is the first flight of a truly successful
590:. His female passenger survives. The exact cause is not determined but is apparently due to a valve Harris has designed to release gas from the balloon becoming stuck open. Despite dropping all ballast Harris is unable to stop a precipitous plunge.
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makes the first complete drawing of a power-driven aeroplane with steam-engine drive. The patent follows the works of Cayley. The
English House of Commons rejects the motion for the formation of an "Aerial Transport Company" with great
2242:(Bird Flight as the Basis for the Art of Aviation) measurements on wings, so called polar diagrams, which are the concept of description of artificial wings even today. The book gives a reference for the advantages of the arched wing.
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takes eight photographs of Boston from an altitude of 1,200 ft (370 m). The single clear print is the first successful aerial photograph in the United States and the first clear aerial photograph of a city ever taken
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almost as an afterthought (he later patents them in 1868). Boulton's inspiration has been attributed to French Count
Ferdinand Charles Honore Phillipe d'Esterno, whose detailed analysis of flapping and soaring bird flight,
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in an attempt to bombard Venice. Although the experiment is mostly unsuccessful, it is both the first use of balloons for bombardment and the first time a warship makes offensive use of an aerial device.
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and built by Carl Berg. It reaches an altitude of 24 m (79 ft), proving metal-framed airships can become airborne, but after an engine failure is damaged beyond repair in an emergency landing.
2323:, France. It flies uncontrolled approximately 50 metres (160 feet) at a height of 20 cm (7.9 in) before crashing, but it is the first take-off of a powered airplane solely under its own power.
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claims gliding flights (1866â1869) from the
OdporyszĂłw church tower. KrakĂłw Museum of Ethnography, the source of claims of documentary evidence, refuse to allow independent researchers access to these.
2350:, an uncontrolled 100-meter (330-foot) hop that ends in a crash. Ader later will experiment with an even less successful twin-engined steam-powered aircraft before giving up his aircraft experiments.
2712:. They crash within three days but manage to survive for several months in the pack ice. Their remains are discovered in 1930 on White Island. It was possible to develop the preserved film material.
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claims a heavier-than-air flight along the beach at St. Joseph, Michigan, of 70 feet (21 m) by attaching a compressed air motor to a biplane hang glider. However, there are no witnesses.
1475:, "Gliding seems to be characteristic for heavy birds; there are no odds which are stacked against that humans can not do the same at fair wind." He had earlier published the 1864 pamphlet
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introduces the ripping panel which is still used today. The panel solved the problem of the balloon dragging along the ground at landing and needing to be stopped with the help of anchors.
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Richard J. Montgomery, response to
Questions #22 and #24, January 14, 1919, in Equity No. 33852 (John J. Montgomery Collection, Santa Clara University Archives and Special Collections).
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1599:. Between September 1870 and January 1871, 66 flights – of which 58 land safely – carry 110 passengers and up to three million letters out of Paris, as well as 500
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test rig with a wingspan of 32 m (105 ft) propelled by two steam engines. It lifts off and engages the restraining rails, which prevent it from leaving the track.
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20 September – Felix and Louis du Temple de la Croix build a piloted steam-powered monoplane which achieves a short hop after gaining speed by rolling down a ramp.
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of only 4 cm (1.5 in). Tethered to the centre of a circular track, its rear wheels rose 60â90 cm (2.0â3.0 ft) while front wheels remained on ground.
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1977:
M.A. Goupil proposes a steam-powered monoplane with tractor propeller. His full-size test rig lifts itself and two men in a light breeze, but the design is never built.
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propeller mounted on the front of the envelope, later changed to an engine with two propellers suspended beneath the framework. The airship never is built, but
Stedman
572:. The fireworks ignite the gas in the balloon, which crashes on the roof of a house. She falls to her death, becoming the first woman to die in an aviation accident.
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between the
Alliance of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay against Paraguay. The Alliance forces made much use of balloon reconnaissance over the next six years.
1330:, although later estimates place the maximum altitude they attained at between 35,000 and 37,000 feet (10,668 and 11,278 meters). The two men nearly die of
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by providing it with a car suspended below its framework to accommodate the crew and engine. This will become a standard practice in the design of later
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prohibits military aircraft from discharging projectiles and explosives, but permits the wartime use of aircraft for reconnaissance and other purposes.
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s
Greatest Military Aircraft, From the Pioneering Days of Air Fighting in World War I Through the Jet Fighters and Stealth Bombers of the Present Day,
60:
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Zachariah
Montgomery to Richard Montgomery, August 6, 1885 (John J. Montgomery Collection, Santa Clara University Archives and Special Collections)
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12 June – Friedrich
Hermann Wölfert and his mechanic are killed when their petrol-powered airship catches fire during a demonstration at the
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propeller and three-wheeled landing gear. It makes flights of 3 and 10 meters (9.8 and 32.8 ft). The next day it flies 36 metres (118 feet).
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Wölfert flies a petrol powered dirigible at Seelburg, the first use of a petrol-fuelled engine for aviation purposes. The engine was built by
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1994:
The Berlin-based "German Society for Promoting Aviation" publishes a magazine, the "Zeitschrift fĂŒr Luftschiffahrt" (Magazine of Aviation).
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is the first serial production of a glider. Using different aircraft constructions he covers distances of up to 250 metres (820 ft).
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November – The British Army's observation balloon section's duty in the Second Boer War comes to an end. It is ordered home from
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assigned to the Union Army as an observer, aloft in a balloon. Zeppelin later will credit this ascent as his inspiration to create the
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s command, for observation and artillery direction, and balloons will see major use in the American Civil War over the next four years.
4902:
Shtashower, Daniel, "Book review: âFalling Upwards: How We Took to the Airâ by Richard Holmes," washingtonpost.com, December 13, 2013.
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John Wise and three companions complete a MontgolfiĂšre flight over a distance of 802 miles (1,291 km) from St. Louis to Henderson
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Mozhaiski finishes his monoplane (span 14 m, or 46 ft). It makes a short flight, taking off after running down a launching ramp.
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in 1881. He thinks that imitation of gliding and soaring flight of birds is possible, but not the imitation of the flapping of wings.
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later to become the Royal Aeronautical Society, the world's oldest society devoted to all aspects of aeronautics and astronautics.
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The 1884 Krebs & Renard first fully controllable free-flights with the LA FRANCE electric dirigible near Paris (Krebs arch.)
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937:, becoming the world's first adult aeroplane pilot. Unimpressed with this honour, the coachman promptly resigns his employment.
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to deliver messages back to Paris. One balloon accidentally sets a world distance record by ending up off the coast of Norway.
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being towed by a team of people running down a hill. This is the first known flight by a person in a heavier-than-air machine.
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French brothers du Temple de la Croix apply after successful attempts with models for a patent for a power-driven aeroplane.
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Percy Pilcher flies various gliders and is close to completing a powered machine but is killed when his glider crashes at
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2056:. The flight covers 8 km (5.0 mi) in 23 minutes. It was the first flight to return to the starting point.
1521:, British, presents his paper on "Aerial Locomotion" to the RAeS. Patented superposed wing design (biplane, multiplane).
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builds a power-driven model aeroplane with airscrews and a compressed air motor, successfully flying it off the ground.
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20 September – Jacob Brodbeck, in his coil-spring-driven airship, flies 100 feet before crashing in a field near
1120:
to demonstrate the value of balloons in military reconnaissance. It is the first telegram to be sent from the air. The
645:
at a height of 2,000 m (6,600 ft) to demonstrate a parachute of his own design, and is killed in the attempt.
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conducts studies on the flow of water and air over angles surfaces and experiments with a third glider in California.
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sponsors the first attempt in history to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, using a 400,000-cubic-foot (11,000 m)
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10 September â Green and Rush ascend to a world record altitude of 27,146 feet (8,274 meters) over England in the
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624:. It is the first overnight balloon flight, and it sets a world ballooning distance record that will stand until
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45:
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makes her first solo flight, starting in Berlin, making her the first native German woman to fly in a balloon.
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2456:, an invention of Hargrave's. It becomes an example for several scientific kites and aeroplane constructions.
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This is a list of aviation-related events during the 19th century (1 January 1801 – 31 December 1900):
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later asserts that on this date he made a 300 m (980 ft) flight in his steam-powered uncontrolled
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demonstrates a human-carrying glider in Australia at an aeronautical congress in Sydney. It is based on the
2013:
1641:
achieves 9 to 11 km/h (5.6 to 6.8 mph) with his airship driven by a propeller turned by eight men.
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in Virginia, the only use of a balloon by the Confederate States Navy. Her capture on 4 July by the steamer
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a distance of 3,300 ft (1,000 m), the first truly successful flight of one of his powered models.
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4 July – Clara Van Tassel makes the first parachute jump by a woman in the western United States at
1943:
659:, George Rush, and Edward Spencer ascend to an altitude of 19,335 feet (5,893 meters) over England in the
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ascends to 9,155 metres (30,036 feet) in a balloon, setting a new world altitude record for human flight.
2305:, commanded by Lieutenant H. B. Jones. A balloon factory and a ballooning school support the new section.
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electric motor to a dirigible. Airships with electric engines (Tissandier brothers, Renard and Krebs).
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builds a model glider with a main wing and separate, adjustable vertical and horizontal tail surfaces.
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have switched to guerrilla tactics, making the balloons unsuitable for supporting British operations.
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publicly demonstrates of his hand-powered, one-man rigid airship, and eventually sells five of them.
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2889:, England after a tail strut fails. Pilcher used a team of horses to pull the glider into the air.
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during which both a copy of one of Lilienthal's designs and a biplane built by Chanute are tested.
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Czeslaw Tanski successfully flies powered models in Poland and begins work on full-size gliders.
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9 August – The first fully controllable free-flight is made in the French Army dirigible
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The Complete Guide to Fighters & Bombers of the World: An Illustrated History of the World
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makes a tentative gliding flight. After years of studies of bird flight he publishes his book
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makes his twelfth flight from Rome in April, and is rescued from the sea after a flight from
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tests a tethered aeroplane with a wing span of 4 metres (13 feet) powered by a steam engine.
1627:, a small rubber-powered model which is designed to have automatic pitch and roll stability.
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during the flight, Glaisher falling unconscious and Coxwell losing all feeling in his hands.
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operates a coal-gas silk observation balloon to reconnoitre Union Army positions along the
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is towed into the air in his Artificial Albatross glider, flying 600 ft (180 m).
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and the astronomer Spencer Rush ascend to 7,900 m (25,900 ft) in a free balloon.
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develops a mechanical bird which aimed to imitate the motion of a bird's wings in flight.
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William Paul Butusov, a Russian immigrant to U.S, with the Chanute group, construct the
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is contracted by the French War Ministry to build a two-seater aircraft to be used as a
2254:, a British immigrant to Australia, constructs a rotary engine driven by compressed air.
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flies a powered monoplane model a few dozen feet in a powered glide at an exhibition at
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Montgomery, John J., 1910 "The Origin of Warping: Professor Montgomery's Experiments,"
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and Hans Bartsch von Sigsfeld invent the kite balloon for observations in strong winds.
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It will be the last aerial guidance of naval gunfire anywhere in the world until 1904.
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and Paul Gauchot apply for a patent for a power-driven aeroplane with a retractable
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jumps from his balloon to save his fiancée. Illustration from the late 19th Century.
519:. A reproduction built according to the design drawing in 1986 is capable of flight.
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and Ernst Baumgarten attempt to fly a powered dirigible in free flight, but crash.
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s envelope, which is filled with coal gas. He later will construct the craft in
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file articles of incorporation for the world's first air transport company, the
5331:[Jan WnÄk, the hero in the vault of heaven] (in French). Archived from
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Frenchmen Hervé and Alluard achieve a hot air balloon flight of over 24 hours.
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begin experimenting with wing-warping as a means of controlling an aircraft.
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kills Sivel and Crocé-Spinelli during the flight and leaves Tissandier deaf.
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October – Ground testing of an all-aluminium airship designed by the
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Balloons are used by the French to transport letters and passengers out of
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6151:
Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849-1922
5684:
5354:
Quest for Flight: John J. Montgomery and the Dawn of Aviation in the West,
5272:
Mastering the Sky: A History of Aviation from Ancient Times to the Present
2839:
operates a spherical balloon experimentally during naval maneuvers in the
1991:
Wölfert unsuccessfully tests a balloon powered by a hand-cranked propeller
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first glider flight at Kitty Hawk. During their tests, they will fly the
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in combat for the first time, when it takes balloons subordinated to the
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1199:, although the first official experimentation will not occur until 1878.
1183:, British Army Captain F. Beaumont and Lieutenant George Grover perform
1141:
becomes the first ship to loft a captive manned balloon when a civilian
216:
ascending to 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in a hot-air balloon in 1804.
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expression of interest in aviation. The machine is commissioned by the
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Balloons are used in British military manoeuvres for the first time at
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is made by Ernst JĂ€gels, flying the all-aluminium craft designed by
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makes first controlled heavier-than-air unpowered flight in America.
23:
5885:, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Avalanche Press, Inc., 2007, pp. 5, 43.
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4913:"1824 Death Of Lieut. Thomas Harris At Beddington Park, Croydon".
3673:, English solicitor and pioneer Australian military aviator (died
2669:
which achieves an unmanned unpowered uncontrolled hop from a ramp.
1797:
Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
834:
equipped with explosive charges from land and as well as from the
5644:
Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West
5622:
Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West
5518:
Sky Rider: Park Van Tassel and the Rise of Ballooning in the West
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1963:
4 July – The first balloon flight in New Mexico is made by
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in a sand hollow and break camp at Kitty Hawk to return home to
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officially reach a height of 29,527 ft (9,000 m) in a
5921:
Butler, Glen, Col., USMC, "That Other Air Service Centennial,"
5598:
John J. Montgomery to Margaret H. Montgomery, December 23, 1885
2760:
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caused by a gust, breaking his back. He dies the following day.
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makes the first parachute jump in the western United States at
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conducts the British Army's first official experiments with an
1471:
Ferdinand Charles Honore Phillipe d'Esterno writes in his book
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6043:, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Avalanche Press, Inc., 2007, p. 5.
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3134:, English transport entrepreneur, aircraft manufacturer (died
458:, setting out for the first time the scientific principles of
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both as a glider and as a kite under various wind conditions.
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1900:
1896:
1410:(On the flight of birds) was published as a pamphlet in 1864.
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covers a distance of 395 km (245 mi) from Paris to
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5236:
3786:, American military aviator, General of the Air Force (died
2102:
Englishman Horatio Phillipps has a patent issued for curved
1344:
The Union Army Balloon Corps is disbanded early in the year.
1081:
16 June – Floating 500 ft (150 m) above the
483:, making her the first woman to fly in a balloon in Germany.
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5173:
5171:
5169:
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2615:
flies the unmanned Aerodrome No. 5 from a houseboat on the
1752:
ascend to a record altitude of 8,600 metres (28,200 feet).
1653:
907:
flies 27 km (17 mi) from the Paris Hippodrome to
856:
778:
model aircraft, with a wingspan of 10 ft (3.0 m).
393:
5716:"Hops and Flights: A Roll Call of Early Powered Take-offs"
5646:, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2021, p. 53.
5624:, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2021, p. 40.
5541:
5224:
5222:
5220:
5218:
5216:
4990:
Shtashower, Daniel, "The First to Float Above the World,"
2882:
begins experiments with kites big enough to lift a person.
1859:. It is considered the birth of British military aviation.
1434:
takes out a patent for the "Earliest Known Airship With a
5558:
5556:
5520:, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2021, p. 5.
5356:
Norman, Okla.; University of Oklahoma Press, 2012, p. 14.
5233:
4837:
4835:
1660:, achieving 19 km/h (12 mph); the engine burns
1562:
makes the first successful flight of an unmanned powered
600:
7â8 November – Flight of a coal gas balloon (named
5562:
Affidavit of Charles Burroughs, dated February 26, 1920.
5166:
5004:
5002:
5000:
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4856:
2572:
makes his first successful flight in a glider named the
2391:, capable of lifting a 75-kilogram (165-pound) bombload.
1530:
First exhibition of aviation in London's Crystal Palace.
915:, reaching a speed of about 10 km/h (6.2 mph).
5213:
4783:. No. 5455. London. 6 July 1802. col B, p. 2.
1895:
inspired by the anatomy of a fish, with a framework of
1613:
The Englishmen Wenham and Browning construct the first
564:
from her balloon in flight during an exhibition at the
6094:
The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright
5553:
5196:
The Magnetic Telegraph Company: Telegram from Balloon
4832:
3390:, American aviator, journalist and screenwriter (died
3102:, German glider pilot (died 1896 in aviation accident)
3005:
17 October – On her second flight, the Zeppelin
2622:
June – Octave Chanute organises a flyer camp at
2434:
Kaiserlich und Königliche MilitÀraeronautische Anstalt
2422:
flies over 82 metres (90 yards) in his SĂŒdende-Glider.
1401:, detailing several inventions, including that of the
717:
Louis Anslem Lauriat makes the first manned flight in
4997:
4853:
3965:, French acrobatic pilot and first fighter ace (died
3012:
23 October – The Wright brothers abandon their
1294:
1â3 July – The Confederate States Navy steamer
6153:, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989,
5768:, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979,
5477:, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1979,
5038:
Milberry, Larry (1979). "The Early Days:1840-1914".
3582:, English aircraft manufacturer and sportsman (died
3052:, French inventor, dirigible designer (suicide 1882)
2545:
demonstrates stable flight with a tethered box kite.
2228:
makes a successful parachute jump from a balloon at
774:
William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow build a
375:
make a second balloon flight which crashes into the
167:
5200:
to the President of the United States, 16 June 1861
3488:, Anglo-Irish journalist and pioneer aviator (died
3116:, American balloonist and parachute designer (died
1442:-burning engine which draws its fuel from the craft
1233:transports and tows observation balloons along the
1206:aloft in an observation balloon from the deck of a
48:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
5009:century-of-flight.net Balloons to the Stratosphere
4994:, December 15, 2013, p. B3 (illustration caption).
4683:, South African fighter pilot and cricketer (died
2436:("Imperial and Royal Military Aeronautical Group")
1823:flying experience begins with the use of balloons.
608:covering 722 km (449 mi) from London to
5157:
5155:
3593:, Romanian aeronautical engineer and pilot (died
2629:9 August – Otto Lilienthal crashes after a
2130:The British Army deploys observation balloons in
1078:. She continues these operations into early 1862.
6977:
5265:
5263:
4795:"Napoleon's Coronation as Emperor of the French"
3188:, Chief of United States Army Air Service (died
1926:Biot makes short hops in the Biot-Massia glider.
1161:. He ascends again a few days later either from
435:, a clockmaker from Vienna, experiments with an
4377:, American actress, novelist and aviator (died
3649:John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
3448:, English aviator and automobile pioneer (died
2151:experiments with a second glider in California.
5755:, New York: Ballantine Books Inc., 1968, p. 8.
5369:MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
5152:
3976:, German-born British aviator (lost on flight
1283:to embark a balloon for use in observation of
1214:so that they can direct the fire of U.S. Navy
546:dies when his balloon catches fire on landing.
6207:
5381:
5260:
5072:. 24 February 1956 – via Flight Global.
1980:The first electric-powered flight is made by
418:. It is the first use of an aerial device in
331:make a balloon flight which crashes into the
5229:rafmuseum.org.uk "Early Military Ballooning"
4897:
4895:
3354:, French sculptor and pioneer aviator (died
2849:, American, builds a steam driven monoplane.
2519:forms a kiting section for the operation of
2308:9 October – The first brief flight of
1644:13 December – The German experimenter
1195:. It is the first balloon experiment in the
364:and the composition of the upper atmosphere.
360:use a balloon to conduct experiments on the
294:preparations for the invasion of Britain in
6122:, New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
6066:. Columbus, Ohio: Zaner-Bloser. p. 6.
5710:
5329:"Jan WnÄk l'hĂ©ros de sous la voĂ»te de ciel"
4181:, Australian World War I fighter ace (died
3954:, Russian-born aircraft manufacturer (died
3343:, Brazilian aeronautical engineer (suicide
2240:Der Vogelflug als Grundlage der Fliegekunst
196:An 1818 technical illustration shows early
6214:
6200:
5982:
5980:
5978:
5976:
5302:Texas Less Travelled: The Brodbeck Airship
4816:
4814:
4192:, German naval aviator, fighter ace (died
3242:, American-born showman and aviator (died
2648:, begins in Berlin. Schwarz will die of a
2336:flies about 25 m (82 ft) in his
1637:2 February – French naval architect
1311:ends Confederate naval balloon operations.
57:"Timeline of aviation in the 19th century"
6221:
5809:
5807:
5682:
5129:. Cambridge University Press. p. 3.
4906:
4892:
4574:, American fighter ace and aviator (died
4550:Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva
4446:, English aircraft engine designer (died
3724:, English aircraft engine designer (died
2990:3 October – Probably on this date,
2745:3 November – The first flight in a
2679:500 meters, possibly with balloon assist.
1511:Foundation (12 January in London) of the
108:Learn how and when to remove this message
5037:
2282:
2271:
2007:
1999:
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1053:in naval warfare takes place during the
847:2â3 September – French balloonist
699:
524:
352:August/September – The scientists
203:
191:
5973:
5706:
5704:
4811:
4734:, American aircraft manufacturer (died
4468:, American aircraft manufacturer (died
4264:, American aircraft manufacturer (died
4089:, American aircraft manufacturer (died
3651:, English aviator and politician (died
3564:, American aircraft manufacturer (died
3477:, American aircraft manufacturer (died
2742:is not impressed and withdraws funding.
2211:from a balloon operated by her husband
2186:and using a parachute co-invented with
2127:) becomes a permanent unit of the army.
6978:
6004:, New York: Barnes & Noble, 1991.
5804:
5793:London: Anness Publishing Ltd., 2006,
5352:Harwood, Craig S. and Fogel, Gary B.,
4871:
4552:, Spanish aeronautical engineer (died
3943:, English aeronautical engineer (died
3866:, English aircraft manufacturer (died
3735:, English aircraft manufacturer (died
3622:, English aeronautical engineer (died
3328:Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard
1839:At the Balloon Equipment Store at the
1748:, and the French scientist and editor
889:launches a 10-year-old boy in a small
515:(possibly a copy of Degen's) into the
6195:
5753:Aircraft Carrier: The Majestic Weapon
5162:Infoplease: Famous Firsts in Aviation
5122:
4959:(16261). London: 5. 15 November 1896.
4643:, Australian aircraft designer (died
4490:, Austro-Hungarian fighter ace (died
3877:, German aircraft manufacturer (died
3553:, French aircraft manufacturer (died
3535:, French aircraft manufacturer (died
3170:, German aircraft manufacturer (died
2301:establishes a Balloon Section of the
1809:First flight of a steam-driven model
1570:, a small scale dirigible called the
1513:Aeronautical Society of Great Britain
1326:balloon according to their balloon's
903:24 September – French engineer
6061:
5766:Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
5701:
5475:Japanese Aircraft of the Pacific War
5320:
3994:, Dutch aircraft manufacturer (died
3713:, French American fighter ace (died
3289:, French aviator and sculptor (died
3066:, German airship manufacturer (died
1191:, assisted by the civilian aeronaut
878:, but his balloon is blown over the
290:from a ship in order to reconnoitre
208:A late 19th-century illustration of
46:adding citations to reliable sources
17:
5498:, New York: Ace Books, 1966, p. 15.
5326:
5104:, New York: Ace Books, 1966, p. 14.
5042:. McGraw-Hill Ryerson. p. 11.
4921:. Royal Aeronautical Society. 1929.
4603:, German military aviator (suicide
4406:, German military aviator (suicide
4366:, Australian pioneer aviator (died
3206:, American aircraft designer (died
2476:builds a steam-powered test rig at
2287:Otto Lilienthal in flight, ca. 1895
1179:With the permission of the British
1149:, ascends from her deck to observe
1006:takes the first aerial photographs.
586:dies when his balloon crashes near
305:and his copilot Lhoest ascend from
13:
6174:, Henley-on Thames: Foulis, 1973.
5655:
4723:, American military aviator (died
4530:, English aircraft designer (died
4417:, English aircraft designer (died
4287:, Scottish pioneer of radar (died
3914:, Russian aircraft designer (died
2134:to take part in the expedition to
2125:Preussische Luftschiffer Abteilung
1397:of the UK writes his short paper,
739:November – English engineer
14:
7012:
4878:. GRIN Verlag. pp. 197â210.
4541:, English military aviator (died
4322:, English military aviator (died
4277:, English military aviator (died
4213:, Chinese aviation pioneer (died
4005:, Russian aviation pioneer (died
3837:, English military aviator (died
3684:, English aviation pioneer (died
3662:, German aircraft designer (died
3437:, English air vice marshal (died
3401:, English aviation pioneer (died
3330:, English military aviator (died
2983:, to begin their first season of
2892:22 November â The first of three
2780:calls for the creation of a four-
2432:gains a permanent air corps, the
2182:from a tethered balloon owned by
2020:dirigible of the French officers
1940:patents a steam-powered aircraft.
1938:Alexander Fjodorowitsch Mozhaiski
1915:s design foreshadows that of the
859:, flying a hydrogen balloon from
4941:. 21 August 1933. Archived from
4253:, German military aviator (died
4078:, German military aviator (died
3932:, Australian-born aviator (died
3848:, German military aviator (died
3835:William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse
3746:, German military aviator (died
3419:, French military aviator (died
3320:, German aviation pioneer (died
2855:, American, builds a hydroplane.
2032:astrophysic observatory in 1885.
1730:15 April – In the balloon
1648:tests the first airship with an
1617:and conduct airflow experiments.
1023:13 October – Ascending in
965:December – French Captain
925:Late June or early July –
830:, the Austrians launch unmanned
641:jumps from a balloon piloted by
170:
22:
6096:. New York: W. W. Norton, 1989.
6055:
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5382:Lienhard, John H. (1988â1997).
5375:
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5186:Layman, R.D., 1989 pp. 115-116.
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5022:
5013:
4984:
4949:
4933:"Aeronautics: Heavenly Matches"
4925:
4049:, American naval aviator (died
2810:flies his first airship design.
2801:United States Army Signal Corps
2775:Assistant Secretary of the Navy
1376:, which he first flies in 1900.
33:needs additional citations for
6965:Category:Spaceflight timelines
5685:"Clement Ader 1841–1925"
5419:. The Lighter Than Air Society
5275:, Da Capo Press, 2000, p. 48,
4875:Königinnen der LĂŒfte in Europa
4865:
4844:
4823:
4787:
4772:
4559:28 October (probable) –
4333:, English naval aviator (died
2950:pilots his experimental first
2784:board to study the utility of
1393:English philosopher-scientist
1231:George Washington Parke Custis
1067:George Washington Parke Custis
855:only) balloon flight over the
616:, in 18 hours with passengers
1:
6266:Rocket and missile technology
6083:
6064:Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Pilot
5987:rafmuseum.org.uk The Boer War
5316:. Royal Aeronautical Society.
4872:Probst, Ernst (August 2010).
4388:, Canadian fighter ace (died
4038:, American fighter ace (died
3372:, Anglo-French aviator (died
3224:, English glider pilot (died
3132:Sir George White, 1st Baronet
3009:remains aloft for 80 minutes.
2738:. His claim is disputed. The
2109:Goupil publishes his book on
1873:gains its first balloon, the
1438:Frame," envisioned to have a
1423:flies a dirigible twice over
1314:5 September – Aeronaut
479:makes a flight starting from
6188:, New York: Ace Books, 1966.
4614:, English fighter ace (died
4519:, English fighter ace (died
4428:, English fighter ace (died
4311:, Belgian fighter ace (died
4060:, English fighter ace (died
3815:, British fighter ace (died
3466:, Australian pilot (drowned
3417:Charles de Tricornot de Rose
2593:parks" on the coasts of the
2267:
1580:
1460:the launch of a rocket from
927:Sir George Cayley's coachman
414:leaflets along the coast of
234:make a 17-mile (27 km)
187:
159:
152:
145:
138:
131:
7:
6041:Great War at Sea: Zeppelins
5883:Great War at Sea: Zeppelins
5683:Gray, Carroll (1998â2003).
4756:, German fighter ace (died
4632:, Australian aviator (died
4501:, French fighter ace (died
4457:, French fighter ace (died
4300:, German fighter ace (died
4242:, French fighter ace (died
4203:, German fighter ace (died
4159:, German fighter ace (died
4148:, German fighter ace (died
4122:, German fighter ace (died
4111:, German fighter ace (died
4100:, German fighter ace (died
4027:, German fighter ace (died
4016:, German fighter ace (died
2918:during the Second Boer War.
2503:Progress in Flying Machines
1791:Experimental helicopter by
851:makes the first (and until
602:The Great Balloon of Nassau
10:
7017:
6165:British Aircraft 1809-1914
6139:. London: Collinis, 2014.
5123:Kundu, Ajoy Kumar (2010).
2939:section takes part in the
2847:Lyman Wiswell Gilmore, Jr.
2548:4 December – German
2123:The Prussian Airship Arm (
1936:The Russian naval officer
1650:internal combustion engine
1542:Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
1395:Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
1101:key wired directly to the
582:25 May – Englishman
298:. The proposal is ignored.
6991:19th century in transport
6955:
6824:
6310:
6279:
6229:
5064:"Henson and Stringfellow"
4745:, American aviator (died
4694:, American aviator (died
4654:, American aviator (lost
4592:, American aviator (died
4563:, American aviator (died
4146:Adolf Ritter von Tutschek
3271:, American aviator (died
3253:, American aviator (died
3152:, American aviator (died
3037:
2994:makes the Wright brothers
2971:12 September – The
2853:Edson Fessenden Gallaudet
2667:Albatross Soaring Machine
2404:(also referred to as the
2346:makes a second flight in
2276:Patent drawing of Ader's
1482:French artist and farmer
1479:(On the flight of birds).
1473:About the Flight of Birds
1124:will be formed under Lowe
823:12â25 July – While
723:Saint John, New Brunswick
6039:Phythyon, John R., Jr.,
6002:Zeppelins of World War I
5943:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p. 87.
5611:Vol. 3, No 5, pp. 63-64.
5580:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p. 68.
5507:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p. 66.
5464:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p. 57.
5446:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p. 61.
5437:Gibbs-Smith 2002, p. 59.
5388:Engines of Our Ingenuity
5367:"Bullets and Balloons,"
5314:"History of the Society"
4915:The Aeronautical Journal
4841:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p. 35.
4766:
4479:, English aviator (died
4344:, English aviator (died
4262:Donald Wills Douglas Sr.
3906:29 October (10 November
3888:, English aviator (died
3797:, English aviator (died
3702:, English aviator (died
3517:, English aviator (died
3084:, French inventor (died
2928:February – In the
2867:Hague Convention of 1899
2791:s "flying machine," the
2510:Normal soaring apparatus
2466:begins experiments with
1744:, the French journalist
1566:in the United States at
1122:Union Army Balloon Corps
1012:
303:Etienne Gaspar Robertson
259:Coronation of Napoleon I
250:in just over 15 minutes.
6961:Timeline of spaceflight
6167:, London: Putnam, 1962.
5961:Whitehouse 1966, p. 32.
5814:rafmuseum.org.uk Kiting
5712:Gibbs-Smith, Charles H.
5663:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica
5406:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p.56.
5292:Whitehouse 1966, p. 14.
4862:Gibbs-Smith 2003 p. 39.
4665:, French aviator (died
4630:Charles Kingsford Smith
4590:Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.
4355:, French aviator (died
4231:, American pilot (died
4170:, French aviator (died
3899:, French aviator (died
3826:, French aviator (died
3775:, French aviator (died
3764:, German aviator (died
3633:, French aviator (died
3611:, French aviator (died
3300:, French aviator (died
2916:Battle of Magersfontein
2613:Samuel Pierpont Langley
2082:Bechuanaland Expedition
1889:Edmund Clarence Stedman
1458:The Journey to the Moon
1456:describes in his novel
1359:Perth Amboy, New Jersey
1271:Confederate States Navy
1237:in Virginia during the
947:First use of the word "
672:Great Balloon of Nassau
661:Great Balloon of Nassau
460:heavier-than-air flight
354:Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac
7001:19th-century timelines
6170:Robinson, Douglas H.,
6106:. London: NMSI, 2003.
5912:Robinson 1973, pp.5-6.
5851:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p.80
5824:Gibbs-Smith 2003, p.84
5538:Gibbs-Smith 2003 p.67.
5455:Whitehouse 1966 p. 14.
5257:Holmes 2014, pp. 213-5
4779:"Garnerin's Balloon".
4320:Trafford Leigh-Mallory
4298:Manfred von Richthofen
4275:Arthur "Bomber" Harris
3733:Frederick Handley Page
3150:John Joseph Montgomery
3064:Ferdinand von Zeppelin
2948:Ferdinand von Zeppelin
2815:Augustus Moore Herring
2759:starts working on his
2585:By the mid-1890s, the
2288:
2280:
2238:publishes in his book
2111:La Locomotion AĂ©rienne
2033:
2005:
1821:Imperial Japanese Army
1800:
1677:New York Daily Graphic
1519:Francis Herbert Wenham
1484:Louis Pierre Mouillard
1368:, an officer from the
1366:Ferdinand von Zeppelin
1364:John H. Steiner takes
1318:and English physicist
1229:MarchâMay – The
1153:military positions at
763:Aerial Transit Company
708:
533:
439:with flap-valve wings.
362:Earth's magnetic field
314:André-Jacques Garnerin
228:André-Jacques Garnerin
217:
201:
6996:19th-century aviation
6223:Timelines in aviation
6186:The Zeppelin Fighters
5879:Phythyon, John R. Jr.
5764:Francillon, René J.,
5496:The Zeppelin Fighters
5473:Francillon, René J.,
5417:"Henri Dupuy de LĂŽme"
5371:, Autumn 2011, p. 17.
5102:The Zeppelin Fighters
4945:on November 24, 2009.
4732:James Smith McDonnell
4572:Arthur Raymond Brooks
4548:21 September –
4023:21 September –
4014:Hans-Joachim Buddecke
3833:26 September –
3822:22 September –
3580:Geoffrey de Havilland
3549:27 September –
3499:, French pilot (died
3484:28 September –
3397:11 September –
3350:26 September –
3341:Alberto Santos-Dumont
3228:in aviation accident)
2946:2 July – Count
2808:Alberto Santos-Dumont
2708:by free balloon from
2702:attempt an expedition
2652:before seeing it fly.
2587:Imperial Russian Navy
2534:launches an enormous
2286:
2275:
2099:for military service.
2093:Imperial Russian Army
2011:
2003:
1790:
1746:Joseph Crocé-Spinelli
1131:3 August – The
929:successfully flies a
755:William Samuel Henson
741:William Samuel Henson
703:
626:1907 in aviation#1907
542:21 September –
528:
240:Lord's Cricket Ground
207:
195:
6062:Barr, Linda (2004).
6052:Crouch 1989, p. 199.
6030:Crouch 1989, p. 189.
6021:Crouch 1989, p. 186.
5869:Hallion 2003, p.161.
5860:Hallion 2003, p.175.
5633:Hallion 2003, p. 89.
5609:Aeronautics (London)
5529:Hallion 2003, p. 87.
5384:"The Siege of Paris"
5248:Layman 1989, p. 116.
5210:Layman 1989, p. 115.
4850:Hallion 2003, p. 75.
4690:22 November –
4639:23 February –
4497:24 December –
4486:13 December –
4424:17 December –
4384:27 December –
4373:24 December –
4351:14 November –
4331:Edwin Harris Dunning
4199:December 17 –
4190:Gotthard Sachsenberg
4168:Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
4096:18 February –
4056:30 December –
3886:George Herbert Scott
3844:11 November –
3795:Arthur Whitten Brown
3771:23 February –
3742:30 November –
3731:15 November –
3589:19 November –
3515:Claude Grahame-White
3495:29 December –
3240:Samuel Franklin Cody
3184:13 December –
3148:15 February –
2909:British armed forces
2903:to take part in the
2899:sections arrives in
2806:2 September –
2730:also referred to as
2677:Frost Airship Glider
2176:Thomas Scott Baldwin
2074:observation balloons
1715:German experimenter
1430:German experimenter
1399:On Aerial Locomotion
1316:Henry Tracey Coxwell
1287:positions along the
1197:British armed forces
1193:Henry Tracey Coxwell
1072:observation balloons
1051:observation balloons
1032:The Queen of the Air
544:Francesco Zambeccari
455:On Aerial Navigation
369:Francesco Zambeccari
325:Francesco Zambeccari
323:7â8 October –
312:3â4 October –
42:improve this article
6117:Hallion, Richard P.
5934:Robinson 1973, p.5.
5925:, June 2012, p. 54.
5903:Robinson 1973 p. 3.
5571:Layman 1989, p. 91.
5269:Harrison, James P.
5177:Layman 1989, p. 14.
5113:Lewis 1962, p. 178.
5082:Layman 1989, p. 13.
5028:Holmes 2014, p. 102
4992:The Washington Post
4829:Hallion 2003, p.74.
4820:Layman 1989, p. 31.
4719:24 January –
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4135:Eric Gordon England
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3166:3 February –
3048:8 February –
2941:relief of Ladysmith
2937:observation balloon
2897:observation balloon
2832:torpedo boat tender
2822:AĂ©ro-Club de France
2813:22 October –
2757:Carl Rickard Nyberg
2722:14 October –
2675:, Welsh, flies the
2660:August von Parseval
2369:with a four-bladed
2314:fixed-wing aircraft
2226:Percival G. Spencer
2174:30 January –
2016:took this photo of
1887:American scientist
1857:observation balloon
1639:Henri Dupuy de LĂŽme
1597:Franco-Prussian War
1548:in its modern form.
1370:Army of WĂŒrttemberg
1185:observation balloon
1036:James Wallace Black
911:in a steam-powered
832:incendiary balloons
509:Albrecht Berblinger
502:Wilhelmine Reichard
288:observation balloon
255:Notre Dame de Paris
232:Edward Hawke Locker
161:21st century begins
125:Timelineof aviation
6986:Aviation timelines
6825:21st century years
6259:Hellenic Air Force
6184:Whitehouse, Arch,
5970:Lewis 1962, p.399.
5952:Layman 1989 p. 17.
5894:Hallion 2003 p. 79
5842:Layman 1989 p. 85.
5833:Lewis 1962, p.397.
5494:Whitehouse, Arch,
5365:Loving, Matthew,
5149:Holmes 2014, p.156
5100:Whitehouse, Arch,
5091:Lewis 1962, p.178.
5040:Aviation in Canada
5019:Holmes 2014, p. 75
4752:24 August –
4661:15 August –
4610:14 August –
4386:Alfred Edwin McKay
4285:Robert Watson-Watt
4036:Eddie Rickenbacker
4034:8 October –
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3895:6 October –
3560:1 October –
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3444:27 August –
3267:19 August –
2987:experiments there.
2797:United States Navy
2778:Theodore Roosevelt
2508:Otto Lilienthal's
2464:Baden Baden-Powell
2289:
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2162:John J. Montgomery
2149:John J. Montgomery
2063:John J. Montgomery
2034:
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1834:Charles F. Ritchel
1801:
1572:Avitor Hermes, Jr.
1560:Frederick Marriott
1477:Du Vol des Oiseaux
1408:Du Vol des Oiseaux
1239:Peninsula Campaign
1218:boats against the
1133:United States Army
1062:United States Navy
1055:American Civil War
1025:Samuel Archer King
967:Jean Marie Le Bris
870:7 October –
796:later in the year.
788:French balloonist
709:
663:before landing at
622:Thomas Monck Mason
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472:September –
367:23 August –
358:Jean Baptiste Biot
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6172:Giants in the Sky
6145:978-0-00-738692-5
6100:Gibbs-Smith, C.H.
6073:978-0-73672-039-7
5799:978-1-84476-917-9
5785:Crosby, Francis,
5749:Macintyre, Donald
5136:978-1-139-48745-0
5049:978-0-07-082778-3
4972:Missing or empty
4885:978-3-640-68876-0
4741:1 August –
4663:Ludovic Arrachart
4599:26 April –
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4240:Charles Nungesser
4238:15 March –
4201:Karl Emil SchÀfer
4118:24 March –
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3709:14 March –
3433:22 March –
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3257:of typhoid fever)
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2841:Mediterranean Sea
2793:Langley Aerodrome
2786:Samuel P. Langley
2589:has established "
2543:Lawrence Hargrave
2541:November –
2521:man-lifting kites
2497:Railway engineer
2468:man-lifting kites
2450:Lawrence Hargrave
2355:Chuhachi Ninomiya
2353:29 April –
2312:'s steam-powered
2252:Lawrence Hargrave
1982:Gaston Tissandier
1944:Friedrich Wölfert
1750:Gaston Tissandier
1540:British inventor
1495:Luckenbach, Texas
1488:L'Empire de l'Air
1269:June – The
1224:Island Number Ten
1212:Mississippi River
1049:The first use of
951:", in a paper by
880:Mediterranean Sea
807:John Stringfellow
759:John Stringfellow
725:, in his balloon
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4499:Georges Guynemer
4464:5 April –
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4368:1933 in aviation
4353:Dieudonné Costes
4346:1919 in aviation
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3704:1912 in aviation
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3464:Millicent Bryant
3450:1910 in aviation
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3421:1916 in aviation
3392:1912 in aviation
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2412:) at a field in
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2338:Derwitzer Glider
2202:Gottlieb Daimler
1914:
1815:Enrico Forlanini
1793:Enrico Forlanini
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1386:Outbreak of the
1165:or a ship named
1147:John La Mountain
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1087:Washington, D.C.
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872:Francisque Arban
849:Francisque Arban
811:Cremorne Gardens
790:Francisque Arban
727:Star of the East
705:Francisque Arban
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6353:
6348:
6343:
6338:
6333:
6328:
6323:
6317:
6315:
6308:
6307:
6305:
6304:
6299:
6294:
6289:
6283:
6281:
6277:
6276:
6274:
6273:
6268:
6263:
6262:
6261:
6256:
6255:
6254:
6239:
6233:
6231:
6227:
6226:
6219:
6218:
6211:
6204:
6196:
6190:
6189:
6182:
6168:
6161:
6149:Layman, R.D.,
6147:
6130:
6114:
6097:
6085:
6082:
6080:
6079:
6072:
6054:
6045:
6032:
6023:
6014:
5990:
5972:
5963:
5954:
5945:
5936:
5927:
5914:
5905:
5896:
5887:
5871:
5862:
5853:
5844:
5835:
5826:
5817:
5803:
5778:
5757:
5738:
5700:
5675:
5658:"Clément Ader"
5648:
5635:
5626:
5613:
5600:
5591:
5582:
5573:
5564:
5552:
5540:
5531:
5522:
5509:
5500:
5487:
5466:
5457:
5448:
5439:
5430:
5408:
5399:
5374:
5358:
5345:
5319:
5305:
5294:
5285:
5281:978-1885119681
5259:
5250:
5232:
5212:
5203:
5188:
5179:
5165:
5151:
5142:
5135:
5115:
5106:
5093:
5084:
5075:
5055:
5048:
5030:
5021:
5012:
4996:
4983:
4948:
4924:
4905:
4891:
4884:
4864:
4852:
4843:
4831:
4822:
4810:
4799:Georgian Index
4786:
4770:
4768:
4765:
4764:
4763:
4762:
4761:
4750:
4739:
4728:
4717:
4701:
4700:
4699:
4688:
4672:
4671:
4670:
4659:
4652:Amelia Earhart
4648:
4641:Edgar Percival
4637:
4621:
4620:
4619:
4608:
4597:
4581:
4580:
4579:
4568:
4561:Clyde Pangborn
4557:
4546:
4539:Leefe Robinson
4535:
4528:R. J. Mitchell
4524:
4517:James McCudden
4508:
4507:
4506:
4495:
4484:
4475:6 May –
4473:
4462:
4451:
4435:
4434:
4433:
4422:
4411:
4404:Hermann Göring
4395:
4394:
4393:
4382:
4371:
4360:
4349:
4338:
4327:
4316:
4305:
4296:2 May –
4294:
4293:
4292:
4282:
4269:
4258:
4247:
4236:
4229:Bessie Coleman
4220:
4219:
4218:
4208:
4197:
4186:
4179:Roderic Dallas
4175:
4164:
4157:Oswald Boelcke
4153:
4142:
4131:
4116:
4105:
4094:
4083:
4067:
4066:
4065:
4054:
4043:
4032:
4021:
4010:
3999:
3992:Anthony Fokker
3983:
3982:
3981:
3970:
3963:Adolphe PĂ©goud
3959:
3948:
3939:1 May –
3937:
3921:
3920:
3919:
3912:Andrei Tupolev
3904:
3893:
3882:
3871:
3864:Thomas Sopwith
3855:
3854:
3853:
3842:
3831:
3820:
3804:
3803:
3802:
3791:
3780:
3769:
3753:
3752:
3751:
3740:
3729:
3718:
3707:
3700:Graham Gilmour
3691:
3690:
3689:
3678:
3667:
3660:Claude Dornier
3656:
3640:
3639:
3638:
3627:
3616:
3600:
3599:
3598:
3587:
3571:
3570:
3569:
3562:William Boeing
3558:
3542:
3541:
3540:
3533:Gabriel Voisin
3524:
3523:
3522:
3506:
3505:
3504:
3493:
3482:
3471:
3455:
3454:
3453:
3442:
3426:
3425:
3424:
3408:
3407:
3406:
3399:Horatio Barber
3395:
3388:Harriet Quimby
3379:
3378:
3377:
3361:
3360:
3359:
3348:
3337:
3336:
3335:
3325:
3307:
3306:
3305:
3294:
3278:
3277:
3276:
3269:Orville Wright
3260:
3259:
3258:
3247:
3231:
3230:
3229:
3213:
3212:
3211:
3204:E. Lilian Todd
3195:
3194:
3193:
3177:
3176:
3175:
3159:
3158:
3157:
3141:
3140:
3139:
3123:
3122:
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3105:
3104:
3103:
3091:
3090:
3089:
3073:
3072:
3071:
3055:
3054:
3053:
3039:
3036:
3035:
3034:
3033:
3032:
3021:
3010:
3003:
2988:
2981:North Carolina
2969:
2962:Lake Constance
2944:
2921:
2920:
2919:
2912:
2890:
2883:
2877:
2870:
2858:
2857:
2856:
2850:
2844:
2825:
2818:
2811:
2804:
2773:March –
2766:
2765:
2764:
2754:
2743:
2720:
2713:
2691:Salomon Andrée
2682:
2681:
2680:
2670:
2663:
2656:
2653:
2634:
2627:
2620:
2611:6 May –
2604:
2603:
2602:
2583:
2577:
2562:
2561:
2560:
2546:
2539:
2528:
2513:
2506:
2499:Octave Chanute
2495:
2487:
2486:
2485:
2471:
2457:
2447:
2439:
2438:
2437:
2423:
2417:
2416:in this month.
2392:
2376:
2375:
2374:
2359:model airplane
2351:
2341:
2326:
2325:
2324:
2306:
2269:
2266:
2265:
2264:
2263:
2262:
2255:
2249:
2243:
2233:
2218:
2217:
2216:
2205:
2193:
2192:
2191:
2167:
2166:
2165:
2154:
2153:
2152:
2146:
2143:
2128:
2116:
2115:
2114:
2107:
2100:
2089:
2066:
2060:
2057:
2050:Charles Renard
2022:Charles Renard
1998:
1997:
1996:
1995:
1992:
1989:
1978:
1970:
1969:
1968:
1956:
1955:
1954:
1947:
1941:
1929:
1928:
1927:
1924:
1885:
1878:
1862:
1861:
1860:
1837:
1826:
1825:
1824:
1818:
1785:
1784:
1783:
1782:
1759:
1758:
1757:
1742:Théodore Sivel
1728:
1713:
1701:
1700:
1699:
1691:
1690:
1689:
1667:
1666:
1665:
1642:
1630:
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1618:
1606:
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1593:besieged Paris
1582:
1579:
1578:
1577:
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1575:
1551:
1550:
1549:
1533:
1532:
1531:
1528:
1522:
1516:
1509:
1500:
1499:
1498:
1491:
1480:
1467:The Frenchman
1465:
1451:
1428:
1413:
1412:
1411:
1391:
1388:Paraguayan War
1379:
1378:
1377:
1362:
1345:
1337:
1336:
1335:
1320:James Glaisher
1312:
1292:
1267:
1264:South Carolina
1249:paddle steamer
1242:
1227:
1200:
1172:
1171:
1170:
1129:
1089:, the balloon
1079:
1058:
1042:
1041:
1040:
1014:
1011:
1010:
1009:
1008:
1007:
1002:French airman
1000:
992:
991:
990:
987:
972:
971:
970:
958:
957:
956:
940:
939:
938:
918:
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916:
896:
895:
894:
883:
868:
845:
816:
815:
814:
799:
798:
797:
781:
780:
779:
767:
766:
765:
747:
746:
745:
732:
731:
730:
698:
697:
696:
695:
689:
677:
676:
675:
668:
655:4 September â
648:
647:
646:
639:Robert Cocking
631:
630:
629:
618:Robert Hollond
593:
592:
591:
575:
574:
573:
566:Tivoli Gardens
549:
548:
547:
523:
522:
521:
520:
505:
493:
492:
491:
484:
465:
464:
463:
450:
442:
441:
440:
425:
424:
423:
382:
381:
380:
365:
350:
338:
337:
336:
321:
310:
299:
264:
263:
262:
251:
244:St John's Wood
189:
186:
182:
181:
164:
163:
157:
156:
150:
149:
143:
142:
136:
135:
129:
128:
116:
115:
30:
28:
21:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
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6888:
6885:
6883:
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6865:
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6812:
6809:
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6802:
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6789:
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6707:
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6180:0 85429 145 8
6177:
6173:
6169:
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6163:Lewis, Peter
6162:
6160:
6159:0-87021-210-9
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6121:
6120:Taking Flight
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5998:Cross, Wilbur
5994:
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5923:Naval History
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5857:
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5335:on 2013-06-02
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4444:Frank Halford
4441:
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4409:
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4347:
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4309:Willy Coppens
4306:
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4076:Bruno Loerzer
4073:
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4047:Floyd Bennett
4044:
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4025:Max Immelmann
4022:
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4011:
4008:
4004:
4003:Lydia Zvereva
4000:
3997:
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3989:
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3968:
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3952:Igor Sikorsky
3949:
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3941:Herbert Smith
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3898:
3897:Roland Garros
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6959:See also:
6084:References
6012:, pp. 1-4.
5732:2011-03-03
5694:2011-03-03
5669:2011-03-03
5393:2014-05-15
5339:2010-09-13
5198:Enterprise
4804:2015-12-07
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