- 1901 in aviation
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in?=in aviation
cp=19th Century
c=20th century
cf=21st century
yp1=1898
yp2=1899
yp3=1900
year=1901
ya1=1902
ya2=1903
ya3=1904
dp3=1870s
dp2=1880s
dp1=1890s
d=1900s
dn1=1910s
dn2=1920s
dn3=1930sThis is a list of
aviation -related events from1901 :Events
July
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July 31 - German meteorologists Berson and Süring climb to 10,800 m in a free balloon.August
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August 14 - inFairfield, Connecticut ,Gustave Whitehead reportedly flew his engine-powered Whitehead Number 21 800 meters at 15 meters height, according to articles in the "Bridgeport Herald ", the "New York Herald " and the "Boston Transcript ". No photographs were taken, but a sketch of the plane in the air was made by a reporter for the Bridgeport Herald, Dick Howell, who was present. This date precedes the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk, North Carolina flight by more than two years.October
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October 3 -Wilhelm Kress trials his Drachenflieger seaplane that makes a short hop before capsizing.
*October 19 -Alberto Santos-Dumont , a Brazilian, flies his dirigible "Number 6" around theEiffel Tower to collect an FF100,000 prize.
*October 29 - theRoyal Aero Club of Great Britain is established.November-December
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Wright brothers optimise their No. 3 Glider wing design with the help of wind tunnel measurements.
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