- 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 ofaviation -related events from1904 :Events
* The Wrights apply for patents for their flying machine in
Germany andFrance .April
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April 1 - CaptainFerdinand Ferber makes a failed attempt to fly anArchdeacon glider atBerck sur Mer ,Picardie .
*April 3 -Gabriel Voisin successfully flies a modifiedArchdeacon glider atBerck sur Mer ,Picardie . Voisin added a canard to the design. His longest flight on this day was 25 seconds.May
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May 23 - First flight attempt, unsuccessful, of theWright Flyer II .June
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British Army testsSamuel Cody 's person-carrying kites atAldershot .August
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August 3 - MajorThomas Scott Baldwin demonstrates the first successful U.S.Airship , "California Arrow", atOakland, California eptember
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September 20 -Wilbur Wright makes the first circuit flight, in the Flyer II.November
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November 9 - Wilbur Wright flies theWright Flyer II a distance of 3 miles nearDayton, Ohio , the first flight of longer than five minutes.
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