History of aviation
1900's
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| Santos-Dumont at the Eiffel Tower (image embedded from Wikipedia on 17 August 2009) |
| 1901 (October 19). Santos-Dumont flew his dirigible Number 6 around the Eiffel Tower. |
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| Howell's sketch of Whitehead's flight on August 14, 1901 (image embedded from Wikipedia on 10 August 2009) | Replica of Pearse's aeroplane (image embedded from Wikipedia on 10 August 2009) | Jatho's aeroplane (image embedded from The Pioneers on 17 August 2009) | Flyer I at Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903 (image embedded from Wikipedia on 10 August 2009) | Santos-Dumont flying on 12 November 1906 (image embedded from Wikipedia on 10 August 2009) |
| 1901 (August 14). Gustave Whitehead reportedly made the first flight which was sustained and controlled on an aircraft that was heavy-than-air, powered and manned. On January 17, 1902 it's claimed he flew 11 km, completed a circuit and landed close to the starting point on water, on a hybrid airplane. | 1903 (March 31). Richard Pearse reportedly made a first, barely controlled, flight of a heavy-than-air, powered and manned aircraft. On May 11, it's claimed he flew controllably for 900 metres. | 1903 (August 18) Karl Jatho reportedly flies his powered heavier-than-air aircraft up to 60m. | 1903 (December 17). The Wright Brothers made the first flight that was sustained and controlled on an aircraft that was heavy-than-air, powered and manned. The Wrigth Brothers' aircraft incorporates the basic control surfaces present today in most airplanes. This effectively marks it as the first flight of a modern airplace. | 1906 (September 13). Santos-Dumont flew the first "true" powered flight, as it was a sustained and controlled flight on an aircraft that was heavy-than-air, powered and manned, with no need for headwinds or catapults to take off. |
Want to know more?
- Wikipedia - Aviation history
- Perhaps not the best organized website on aviation history, but it may work well as a first-to-glance document for further knowledge on the topic.
- Wikipedia - Timeline of aviation
- A handy timeline and links to further timelines broken down per century and per year, as appropriate.
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