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Encyclopedia > 1905 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1905:


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  • In Santa Clara, California Daniel Maloney flies for 20 minutes with a glider after he started from a balloon at a height of 4,000 ft (1,220 m). He crashed in a later flight.
  • The engineer Léger's helicopter lifts a person vertically into the air in Monaco.


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1910 in aviation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (376 words)
first international aviation meeting is held at Reims in France.
August 27 Frederick Baldwin and John McCurdy, using a Curtiss biplane, are the first pilots to send radio messages to the ground.
December 23 - Lt Theodore Ellyson of the United States Navy is assigned to flight training with the Curtiss company, making him the first naval aviator.
NASA - Aviation (5523 words)
Aviation is a term that includes all the activities involved in building and flying aircraft, especially airplanes.
Aviation agencies Most countries have government agencies that enforce air safety regulations and handle various economic matters relating to aviation.
The director of civil aviation, under the supervision of the Department of Transport, deals mainly with such matters as registration of aircraft, licensing of pilots, and establishment of air navigation facilities.
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