![]() ![]() May 5 - Germany … Anthony Fokker, flies his second Spinne (Spider) monoplane with a 50-hp Argus engine. Gordon Ellyson becomes the United States Navy's first pilot.Īpril 12 - London, England to Paris, France … Pierre Prier, flying a Blériot monoplane, made the first non-stop passenger flight from London to Paris. March 23 - France … Louis Breguet carries 11 passengers a distance of 5 km (3.1 miles).Īpril 1 - England … First flight of the Avro Type D.Īpril 1 - England … The first flying unit of the British Military, the Air Battalion Royal Engineers formed.Īpril 11 - College Park, Maryland, United States … The US Army establishes its first flying school at College Park, Maryland.Īpril 12 - United States … Lt. March - Spain … The Spanish Air Force is created as the Aeronáutica Militar Española, with four aircraft. French pilot Henry Pecquet flew from Allahabad to Naini Junction, India. The flying troupe Moisant International Aviators were hired by the Mexican government to perform an aerial spying mission on the rebels on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande Rio near Juarez.įebruary 5 - New Zealand … The first undisputed aeroplane flight in New Zealand is made by Vivian Walsh at Auckland in the Howard-Wright biplane Manurewa.įebruary 18 - Naini Junction, India … On this date, under the auspices of the British Army, the world's first official airmail flight took place. Beck makes the first wireless-telephonic transmission from an airplane as he sends a message from a Wright flying 100 feet over Selfridge Field, Michigan.įebruary 1 - Massachusetts, United States … Burgess and Curtiss become the first licensed aircraft manufacturer in the United States.įebruary 1 - El Paso, Texas, United States … On this date, airplanes were probably used for the first time in warfare. January 21 - Selfridge Field, Michigan, United States … Lt. January 18 - USS Pennsylvania, San Francisco Bay, California, United States … Curtiss test pilot Eugene Ely flying a Curtiss Model D biplane recorded the first landing of an aeroplane on a ship, the cruiser USS Pennsylvania. The test showed that 36-lb bomb dropped from an altitude of 1,500-feet could impact within 20-feet of a target. Parmalee drop the first live bomb from an airplane in a test. January 15 - San Francisco, California, United States … Lt. The craft is renamed the F.E.1, standing for the Farman Experimental 1, because of it resembles a Farman biplane. January 14 - Farnborough, England … The British War Office buys the de Havilland N° 2 biplane for £400. ![]() Weight: 2,976-lbs, Léon Levavasseur, Antoinette MonoblocĮngine Power: 177-hp, Clerget, Double Clerget 4W Speed: 82.73-mph, Edouard Nieuport, Nieuport Nie-2 N, 21 June 1911, Franceĭistance: 460-miles, Armand Gobé, Nieuport, 24 December 1911, FranceĪltitude: 12,828-feet, Roland Garros, Blériot XI, 4 September 1911
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