- 1902 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1899
yp2=1900
yp3=1901
year=1902
ya1=1903
ya2=1904
ya3=1905
dp3=1870s
dp2=1880s
dp1=1890s
d=1900s
dn1=1910s
dn2=1920s
dn3=1930sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1902 :Events
*The
Wright brothers fly their No. 3 Glider on over 700 flights, results lead directly to the construction of the Flyer.January
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January 17 -Gustave Whitehead flies a motorized airplane with a boatshaped hull with wheels (so he could and did land on water as well as on the ground), rebuilt from his Whitehead Aeroplane No. 21 of the previous year on an 11 km (7 mile) flight and lands safely in the water close to the starting point so his helpers could pull it out of the water. Number 21 had a 20hp motor, Number 22 had a 40hp motor.February
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February 4 - First balloon flight inAntarctica whenRobert Falcon Scott andErnest Shackleton ascend to 800 feet (240 m) in a tethered hydrogen balloon to take the first Antarctic aerial photographs.
*February 4 - Future pilotCharles Lindbergh is born.March
*Professor
Erich von Drygalski 's 1901-1903 German Antarctic Expedition uses aballoon to survey the Antarctic coast ofWilhelm II Land .April
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April 30 - TheSt Louis Aeronautical Exposition opens inMissouri . A highlight isOctave Chanute launching a replica of his 1896 glider.
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