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Events

January

• January 18 - Eugene Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania anchored in San Francisco Bay, marking the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.

February January 18 is the 18th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 - October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing. ... The second USS Pennsylvania (ACR-4), also referred to Armored Cruiser No. ... San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary in which water draining approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Landing is the last part of a flight, where a flying animal or aircraft returns to the ground. ...

• February 5 - the first undisputed aeroplane flight in New Zealand is made by Vivian Walsh at Auckland
• February 18 - the first airmail is carried by an aeroplane. Henri Pequet carries mail across the Jumna River, from Allahabad to Naini Junction, India.

March February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... February 18 is the 49th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Airmail (or air mail) is mail that is transported by aircraft. ... Henri Pequet (born 1888) was a pilot in the first official airmail flight on February 18, 1911. ... The river Yamuna is a major river of northern India, with a total length of around 1370 km. ... Map of India. ...

• the Spanish Air Force is created as the Aeronáutica militar Española, with four aircraft.
• March 23 - Louis Breguet carries 11 passengers a distance of 5 km (3.1 miles)

April March 23 is the 82nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (83rd in Leap years). ... Louis Charles Breguet (January 2, 1880 - May 4, 1955) was a French airplane designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers. ...

• April 1 - The first flying unit of the British Military, the Air Battalion Royal Engineers formed.
• April 12 - Pierre Prier makes the first non-stop flight from London to Paris

May April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... The Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers was the first flying unit of the British Military. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

• May 31 - Andre Beaumont beats Roland Garros in the Paris to Rome air race, completing the 1,465 km (910 mile) course in 28 hours, 5 minutes.

July May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining, as the last day of May. ... Roland Garros (October 6, 1888 – October 5, 1918) was an early French aviator and a fighter aircraft pilot of the World War I. Roland Garros has been considered the world’s first fighter pilot. ... The Roman Colosseum Rome (Italian and Latin Roma) is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. ...

• July 4 - First ever commercial cargo to be carried by an aircraft. The General Electric company paid £100 to have a case of electric lamps flown from Shoreham to Hove in England.

August July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 180 days remaining. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, (NYSE: GE) is a multinational technology and services company. ... Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, is bordered on the north by the South Downs, on the west by the Adur valley and on the south by the River Adur and Shoreham Beach. ... This article is about the English town of Hove. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

• August - Harriet Quimby and Matilde Moisant become the first licensed female pilots in the United states.

September Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... Harriet Quimby (1875-1912) death in the Fort Wayne Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 2, 1912 Harriet Quimby (May 11, 1875 - July 1, 1912) was the first major female pilot in the United States. ... Matilde E. Moisant (born September 13, 1878 – died February 5, 1964), was an American pioneer aviatrix. ...

• September 9 - the first British airmail flight is made. Gustav Hamel flies from Hendon to Windsor.
• September 15 - Édouard de Nié Port, one of the pre-eminent aeroplane designers and racing pilots of the era, and co-founder with his brother Charles of the French aircraft manufacturer Nieuport, is killed in a flying accident.
• September 23 - the first US airmail flight is made. Earle Ovington flies 9.7 km (6 miles) from Nassau Boulevard, New York to Mineola, Long Island

October September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). ... Gustav Hamel (1884 - May 23, 1914) was a pioneer Aviator. ... Hendon is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. ... Location within the British Isles. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1875--1911. ... Nieuport was a French aeroplane manufacturer founded in 1909 by Édouard de Nié Port. ... September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... Earle Ovington (1879 - 1936) was a U.S. aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor. ... Mineola is a village located in Nassau County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 19,234. ...

• October 19 - Eugene Ely dies in an aircrash.
• October 22 - First aircraft to be used in war, an Italian Army Blériot XI, flies from Tripoli to Azizia to spy on Turkish positions.
• October 24 - Orville Wright soars in a glider 9 minutes and 45 seconds over dunes near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

November October 19 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Eugene Burton Ely (October 21, 1886 - October 19, 1911) was an aviation pioneer, credited with the first shipboard aircraft take off and landing. ... October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... The Italian Army has recently become a professional all-volunteer force of some 112,000 active duty personnel, around 70% male, 30% female. ... Tripoli (population 1 million, Arabic: Ţarabulus) is the capital of Libya. ... Al Aziziyah is one of the municipalities of Libya, located in the north of the country. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948), the younger of the Wright brothers, seen as one of the fathers of heavier-than-air flight. ... Kitty Hawk is a town located in Dare County, North Carolina. ...

• November 1 - 2nd Lieutenant Giulio Gavotti of the Italian Air Flotilla drops several small bombs on Turkish troops during the Italo-Turkish War. This was the first time bombs had been dropped from an aeroplane in war.
• November 5 - Calbraith Rodgers completes the first coast-to-coast airplane flight across the USA in the Vin Fiz Flyer - taking 49 days, with several crashes en-route.

November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Italy from September 28, 1911 to October 18, 1912. ... November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... The Vin Fiz Flyer was an early airplane that in 1911 became the first to cross the North American continent by air. ...

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