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The Begining of the Airplane from 1900-1910
By: Aspyn Halaburka
White History Period 1
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⟶ Updated 2 Dec 2017 ⟶
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October 22,1900: The Wright Brothers built and broke their first glider
January 1, 1901: Samuel Pierpont Langley builds a gas powered version of a tandem winged aerodromes
October 5, 1902: Octave Chanute and his assistant, Augustus M. Herring, arrive at Kitty Hawk to join the Wrights in their gliding experiments
December 17, 1903: Orville and Wilbur Wright designed and created a plane heavier than air
August 12, 1903: Wright Brothers apply for more pattents
1904: Wright brothers built their second machine and the total flight time is 45 minutes
March 1, 1904: The first scientific accounts of the Wright Brothers' machine and successful flight appear in A.I. Root's magazine, Gleanings in Bee Culture, and in another article by Octave Chanute in Popular Science Monthly
September 20, 1904: The Wright Brothers accomplish the first successful "bank" and complete circular flight in Dayton
October 4, 1905: Flyer III- The Wright Brothers' plane covers 24.2 miles in 38 minutes and 3 seconds
1905: Prof. JJ Montgomery glides down 2,500 ft. in his glider from a balloon in Leonards, California
February 27, 1906: Prof. Samuel Pierpont Langley, age 72, dies in Aiken, South Carolina
May 22, 1906: Patent No. 821,393 issued to the Wright Brothers on a Flying Machine
May 16, 1906: Wilbur Wright sails for Europe to complete negotiations for purchases of flying machines by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany
June 6. 1907: The first building at any exposition devoted exclusively to aeronautics in the history of the world is dedicated at the Jamestown Exposition
November 13, 1907: First helicopter flown by Paul Cornu, the flight lasted only 20 seconds and hovered just 1 foot above the ground
February 9, 1908: The U.S. War Department concludes a contract with the Wright Brothers for $25,000 to become the owner of one flying machine
August 8,1908: Wilbur Wright makes his first flight in Europe at Champs d'Auvers, France
September 8, 1908: Orville Wright makes the first demonstration flight for the Army at Fort Myer, Virginia
September 17, 1908: In the final flight at Fort Myer, the "Wright Flyer" crashes, killing Lt. Thomas Selfridge and injuring Orville Wright
November 3, 1909: Dr. William H. Greene in Greene biplane makes a passenger-carrying record at Morris Park, New York, carrying Leo Stevens and two others as passengers for short flights
Febuary 23, 1909: Canadian John McCurdy makes the first powered flight in the British Empire in the"Silver Dart", at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The flight lasts for 800 meters and lands safely on the ice
