- 1906 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1903
yp2=1904
yp3=1905
year=1906
ya1=1907
ya2=1908
ya3=1909
dp3=1870s
dp2=1880s
dp1=1890s
d=1900s
dn1=1910s
dn2=1920s
dn3=1930sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from 1906:January
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January 17 -Zeppelin LZ2 makes a forced landing and is destroyed in high winds the following day.March
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18 March -Traian Vuia flies his "Vuia 1" in first powered flight without headwind or catapult assisted takeoff. Not launched from a height.eptember
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September 12 -Jacob Ellehammer makes his first flight with his aeroplane "Danemark I" on the tiny island of Lindholm. The plane was attached to the ground by a rope and described a few circles.
*September 13 -Alberto Santos-Dumont successfully flies his 14-"bis" aircraft atChâteau de Bagatelle inBois de Boulogne in Paris,France , for the first time .
*September 30 - TheGordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is awarded for the first time. It goes to LtFrank Lahm of the US Army, who flies 647 km (402 miles) in theballoon "United States".October
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October 9 - Zeppelin LZ 3 flies for the 1st time.
*October 23 -Alberto Santos-Dumont wins theArchdeacon prize as he flies his 14-"bis" aircraft atChâteau de Bagatelle inBois de Boulogne in Paris,France , a distance of 60m (197ft).November
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November 13 -Alberto Santos-Dumont flies the 14-"bis" nearChâteau de Bagatelle inBois de Boulogne in Paris,France , a distance of convert|722|ft|m in 21 seconds. This is recorded as the world's first (officially observed) aeroplane flight.References
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