1901 | 1902 | ||
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![]() Gustave Whitehead, Conn, Aug 14. Reporters, no pictures. |
![]() Lyman Gilmore, steam, Calif, May 15. | ||
1903 | 1905 | ||
![]() First flight, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, Dec. 17 |
![]() Wright Flyer III does 24 miles in 38 minutes. [ Wrights become secretive til Fall'07. ] | ||
1906 | |||
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October 1906, when Alberto Santos-Dumont, the third man to fly, flew his 14-bis plane, the first officially recognized heavier-than-air flight in Europe. | |||
1907 | |||
| AEA founded October 1907 to March, 1909.
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1908 | |||
![]() July 4, 1908, June Bug flight in Hammondsport, NY. First publicly announced flight in America; Curtiss and the AEA win the Scientific American trophy for the first airplane to fly for a kilometer before judges. Introduced aerons and tricycle landing gear. |
![]() ![]() ![]() Sept 3-17, 1908, Wright Flyer 'A' military trials for US Army, 2 naval observers. 50 miles at 40 mph. Lt. Selfridge first fatality. | ||
![]() Wright Miliary Flyer, purchased August 2, 1909 as Signal Corps Airplane No. 1, the world's first military heavier-than-air flying machine. | |||
1909 | ![]() | ![]() July 25. Bleriot XI monoplane makes first cross English Channel flight. | |
![]() 1909 Bennett Prize air race at Rheims, first international airshow, 12.5 miles. Wright Model A shown (last). Win at 47mph makes Curtiss famous in Rheims Racer. |
![]() Hans Grade, first German plane and first airmail. Similar to Bleriot. | ||
1910 | |||
![]() 1910 Hudson Flier with Glenn Curtiss at the wheel - 150 miles from Albany to NYC in May. |
![]() Bleriot monoplane in Iowa. | ||
1911 | |||
![]() Feb 1911 Curtiss A-1 Triad demostrated for USN in Hammondsport, N.Y. |
![]() May 1911 USN ordered two A-1 Triad hydroplane (denoting land, sea and air). | ||
![]() Aug 27. U.S. Army Signal Corp accepts #2, Curtiss type 'D' |
![]()   Re-creation | ||
![]() Aug 27 . USASC accepts #3 Wright type 'B' and #4 later in year. |
![]() Curtiss pusher Triad hydroplane was sold to all major navies. | ||
![]() Nov 14 . Curtis PusherFrom the bow of cruiser USS Burmingham |