This is a list of aviation-related events from 1901: This is a timeline of aviation history. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1900: July July 2, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin flies the first rigid airship, the LZ1 Zeppelin from Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1902: January January 17 - Gustave Whitehead reportedly flies a flying boat rebuilt from his Whitehead Aeroplane No. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1903: March March 31 - Richard Pearse is reputed to have made a powered flight in a heavier-than-air craft, a monoplane of his own construction, that crash lands on a hedge. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1904: April April 1 - Captain Ferdinand Ferber makes a failed attempt to fly an Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer, Normandy. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1905: April April 27 - Sapper Moreton of the British Armys balloon section is lifted 2,600 ft (792 m) by a kite at Aldershot under the supervision of the kites designer, Samuel Cody. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1906: January January 17 - Zeppelin LZ 2 (makes a forced landing and is destroyed in high winds the following day). ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1907: Events Robert Esnault-Pelterie becomes first pilot to fly using a control stick. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1908: // Events Month unknown- The United States Army announces plans to buy flying machines. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1909: Events February February 23 - John McCurdy makes the first aeroplane flight in Canada in the Silver Dart May May 14 - Samuel Cody makes the first aeroplane flight in the UK longer than 1 mile (1. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1910: Events First night flights. ... ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Events

• The Wright brothers optimise their No. 2 Glider wing design with the help of wind tunnel measurements.

July

• July 31 - German meteorologists Berson and Süring climb to 10,800 m in a free balloon.

July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ...

August

• August 18 - Gustave Whitehead claimed to have flown his heavier-than-air aircraft (Whitehead Aeroplane No. 21) at Bridgeport, Connecticut. The flight is said to have covered 2.5km and to have involved steering the craft to avoid trees.

August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Gustave Albin Whitehead, born Gustav Albin Weißkopf (January 1, 1874 – October 10, 1927), was a German-American aviation pioneer. ... Number 21 was the name of the aeroplane Gustave Whitehead allegedly flew with on August 14, 1901 - two years before the Wright brothers first flight. ... Bridgeport (41n10, 73w12 EST) is the largest city by population in Connecticut, and is located in southeastern Fairfield County, Connecticut. ...

October

• October 19 - Alberto Santos-Dumont, a Brazilian, flies his dirigible Number 6 around the Eiffel Tower to collect a FF100,000 prize.
• October 29 - the Royal Aero Club of Great Britain is established.
• Wilhelm Kress trials a triplane seaplane that makes a short hop before capsizing.

October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Santos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat. ... The Eiffel Tower from the Pont de la Concorde The Eiffel Tower (French: la Tour Eiffel) is a metallic tower built on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France, and is nowadays the most famous landmark and symbol of Paris. ... October 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Royal Aero Club is the national co-ordinating body for Air Sport in the United Kingdom. ... Wilhelm Kress Wilhelm Kress (* July 29th 1836 in Saint Petersburg; † February 24th 1913 in Vienna) was a pioneer in aviations and constructor of airplanes. ... A triplane is a fixed-wing aircraft equipped with three sets of wings, each roughly the same size and mounted one above the other. ... A DeHavilland Single Otter floatplane in Harbour Air livery A seaplane is an aircraft designed to take off and land (correctly, though less commonly, alight) upon water. ...