Aviation History

1904 -1907

1904

September 20th

• Wilbur Wright flies a complete circle in Flyer II at Huffman Prairie. Two weeks earlier the Wright brothers had for the first time used the derrick and weight assisted take-off system (September 7th)

1905

June 6th

• The first glider take-off from water. Voisin's craft takes off from the Seine towed by a motor boat

October 5th

• Orville Wright keeps the Flyer II in the air for 38 minutes 3 seconds - the first endurance record

1906

September 13th

• First engine powered flight in Europe, in Bagatelle France. The Brazilian Alberto Santos-Dumont makes a short hop in his Santos-Dumont 14-bis

October 23rd

• Santos-Dumont flies his plane 60m.

November 12th

• Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the Santos-Dumont 14-bis 220m in 21.2 seconds. The first flight in Europe of more than 100 metres

1907

November 10th

• The first European flight to last more than 60 seconds by Henri Farman in a Voisin biplane at Issy