The Begining of the Airplane from 1900-1910
Category: Outro
Atualizado: 2 dez 2017
By: Aspyn Halaburka
White History Period 1
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Created byAspyn Halaburka
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Eventos
October 22,1900:
The Wright Brothers built and broke their first gliderJanuary 1, 1901:
Samuel Pierpont Langley builds a gas powered
version of a tandem winged aerodromesOctober 5, 1902:
Octave Chanute and his assistant, Augustus M.
Herring, arrive at Kitty Hawk to join the Wrights
in their gliding experimentsDecember 17, 1903:
Orville and Wilbur Wright designed and created
a plane heavier than airAugust 12, 1903:
Wright Brothers apply for more pattents1904:
Wright brothers built their second machine and
the total flight time is 45 minutesMarch 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 MonthlySeptember 20, 1904:
The Wright Brothers accomplish the first
successful "bank" and complete circular flight in
DaytonOctober 4, 1905:
Flyer III- The Wright Brothers' plane covers 24.2
miles in 38 minutes and 3 seconds1905:
Prof. JJ Montgomery glides down 2,500 ft. in his
glider from a balloon in Leonards, CaliforniaFebruary 27, 1906:
Prof. Samuel Pierpont Langley, age 72, dies in
Aiken, South CarolinaMay 22, 1906:
Patent No. 821,393 issued to the Wright Brothers
on a Flying MachineMay 16, 1906:
Wilbur Wright sails for Europe to complete
negotiations for purchases of flying machines by
Great Britain, France, Italy, and GermanyJune 6. 1907:
The first building at any exposition devoted
exclusively to aeronautics in the history of the
world is dedicated at the Jamestown ExpositionNovember 13, 1907:
First helicopter flown by Paul Cornu, the flight
lasted only 20 seconds and hovered just 1 foot
above the groundFebruary 9, 1908:
The U.S. War Department concludes a contract
with the Wright Brothers for $25,000 to become
the owner of one flying machineAugust 8,1908:
Wilbur Wright makes his first flight in Europe at
Champs d'Auvers, FranceSeptember 8, 1908:
Orville Wright makes the first demonstration
flight for the Army at Fort Myer, VirginiaSeptember 17, 1908:
In the final flight at Fort Myer, the "Wright Flyer"
crashes, killing Lt. Thomas Selfridge and injuring
Orville WrightNovember 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 flightsFebuary 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
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