1904 in aviation

1904 in aviation

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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1901
yp2=1902
yp3=1903
year=1904
ya1=1905
ya2=1906
ya3=1907
dp3=1870s
dp2=1880s
dp1=1890s
d=1900s
dn1=1910s
dn2=1920s
dn3=1930sThis is a list of aviation-related events from 1904:

Events

* The Wrights apply for patents for their flying machine in Germany and France.

April

*April 1 - Captain Ferdinand Ferber makes a failed attempt to fly an Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer, Picardie.
*April 3 - Gabriel Voisin successfully flies a modified Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer, Picardie. Voisin added a canard to the design. His longest flight on this day was 25 seconds.

May

*May 23 - First flight attempt, unsuccessful, of the Wright Flyer II.

June

*The British Army tests Samuel Cody's person-carrying kites at Aldershot.

August

*August 3 - Major Thomas Scott Baldwin demonstrates the first successful U.S. Airship, "California Arrow", at Oakland, California

eptember

*September 20 - Wilbur Wright makes the first circuit flight, in the Flyer II.

November

*November 9 - Wilbur Wright flies the Wright Flyer II a distance of 3 miles near Dayton, Ohio, the first flight of longer than five minutes.


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