This is a list of aviation-related events from 1912: This is a timeline of aviation history. ... 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 unkown- 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. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1911: 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. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1913: Events The Serbian air force is established as an army air service. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1914: Events January January 1 - The St. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1915: Events January January 19 - First Zeppelin raid on the UK by the German Navy. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1916: Events January January 12 - German aces Max Immelmann and Oswald Boelcke, with 8 kills, are the first pilots awarded with Pour le Mérite (the Blue Max) January 29 - the second and last Zeppelin raid on Paris inflicts 54 casualties. ... This is a list of aviation-related events from 1917: Events February No. ... Aviation or Air transport refers to the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ... 1912 is a leap year starting on Monday. ...

Events

• First all-metal aircraft flies, the Tubavion monoplane built by Ponche and Maurice Primard in France.
• The first Bulgarian air force is formed, using Blériot and Bristol aircraft to fight in the Balkan War.

January The Balkan Wars were two wars in South-eastern Europe in 1912-1913 in the course of which the Balkan League (Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, and Bulgaria) first conquered Ottoman-held Macedonia and most of Thrace and then fell out over the division of the spoils, Bulgaria suffering defeat at the...

• January 10 - Lt Cdr Charles Samson flies a Short S.38 from the deck of battleship HMS Africa, becoming the first British naval aviator.

February January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about a battleship as a type of warship. ... Six ships of the British Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Africa, after the continent of Africa. ...

• February 22 - Jules Vedrines becomes the first pilot to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). He makes his flight in a Deperdussin monoplane near Pau, France.

March February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Château de Pau Pau is a city of southwestern France, préfecture (capital) of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. ...

• Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump out of an aeroplane in Saint Louis, Missouri.

April The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...

• April 16 - Harriet Quimby becomes the first woman to fly the English Channel.
• April 22 - Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson makes the first aeroplane crossing from Britain to Ireland.

May April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... 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. ... The English Channel ( French:La Manche) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ...

• May 9 - Lt Cdr Charles Samson becomes the first person to fly an aircraft off the deck of a moving ship. He takes off in a Short S.38 from the deck of HMS Hibernia.
• May 13 - King George V of the United Kingdom approves the formation of the Royal Flying Corps.

June May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). ... Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hibernia after the Latin name of Ireland. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... King George V King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Emperor of India His Majesty King George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert) (3 June 1865–20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. Origin and Early History Formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ...

• Sopwith Aviation Company founded
• June 1 - The first aeroplane flight in Norway is made by Lt Hans Dons in a Etrich Taube.
• June 2 - The Lewis machine gun is first tested in an aircraft by the US Army. The results are extremely encouraging, and this weapon would go on to become the standard armament of many fighter aircraft during World War I.
• June 19 - The RFC's Central Flying School opened at Upavon, Wiltshire.
• June 27 - Following successes using aircraft against the Turks in North Africa, Italy forms a specialised Air Battalion (Battagliore Aviatori).

July The Sopwith Aviation Company was a British aircraft company that manufactured aeroplanes for the British Military in the first world war, most famously the Sopwith Camel. ... June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... Hans Fleischer Dons (1882-1940) was a marine officer, and the first Norwegian to fly in Norway. ... The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I single plane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. ... June 2 is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... The Lewis Gun was a pre-WWI era British machine gun that continued to see service all the way through WWII. It is visually distinctive because of the wide tubular cooling shroud around the barrel, and the top mounted drum magazines. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for attacking other aircraft, as opposed to a bomber, which is designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...

• July 1 - Harriet Quimby, the first licensed female pilot in the United States, as part of an Air Show spectacular flew around the Boston Light. During the flight, her Berliot plane was caught in turbulent air and nose-dived, plummeting both Quimby and a meet organizer passenger to their deaths in Dorchester Bay.
• July 2 - The Danish Air Force is established as an army air corps.

September July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 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. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... The Danish armed forces received 38 Supermarine Spitfire H. F. Mk. ...

• September 8 - The Argentine Air Force is formed as a flying school at Palomar.

October September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Contents // Categories: Military of Argentina | Military stubs ... Palomar Observatory is a privately-owned observatory located in San Diego County, California, 90 miles (145 km) southeast of Mount Wilson Observatory, on Palomar Mountain. ...

• October 22 - Australian Flying Corps formed.

November October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...

• November 12 - A Curtiss Triad becomes the first aircraft to be launched by catapult, at the US Navy's Washington Navy Yard.
• November 19 - Italy's colonial air force is established as the Servizio d'Aviazione Coloniale.
• November 28 - The Italian Air Battalion is made a fully operational command, the (Flotta Aerea d'Italia).

November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... F/A-18 a split second after the red hold-back bar (on far left) has released and the catapult is hurling the aircract down the deck An aircraft catapult is a device used to launch aircraft from ships — in particular aircraft carriers — as a form of assisted take off. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... The Washington Navy Yard is the U.S. Navys oldest shore establishment. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

First flights

February

• Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 flown by designer Geoffrey de Havilland.

March The Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2 (Blériot Experimental) was the first military aircraft put into service by Britain. ... Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (July 27, 1882 - May 21, 1965) was one of Englands aviation pioneers. ...

• March 1 - AEA Cygnet

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... The Cygnet (or Aerodrome #5) was an extremely unorthodox early aircraft, with a wall-like wing made up of 360 tetrahedral cells. ...

Entered service