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Nov. 18, 1913: U.S. Pilot Loops the Loop
Lincoln Beachey's aviation acrobatics astound America. For a few years, anyway. The post Nov. 18, 1913: U.S. Pilot Loops the Loop appeared first on This Day In Tech.
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Dec. 17, 1903: Bicycle Brothers Make Aeroplane Work Wright
1903: Orville Wright successfully makes a flight in a heavier-than-air machine that takes off from level ground under its own power and is controlled during flight. He flies the first airplane. If it...
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Jan. 13, 1908: Pilot Flies Whole Kilometer to Win Big Aviation Prize
1908: French aviator Henry Farman makes the first official flight of 1 kilometer around a predetermined closed course. He wins a huge monetary prize. When Farman first flew an airplane in 1907, it was...
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May 27, 1931: Wind Tunnel Lets Airplanes ‘Fly’ on Ground
1931: The world’s first full-scale wind tunnel opens at Langley Field near Hampton, Virginia. With a test area 60 feet wide and 30 feet high, aerodynamic testing is performed on everything from World...
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Sept. 17, 1908: First Airplane Passenger Death
1908: During flight trials to win a contract from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, pilot Orville Wright and passenger Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash in a Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia. Wright is injured,...
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March 28, 1910: It Floats, It Flies, It’s a Seaplane
An intrepid French inventor takes to the air ... from the water. He beats out many competitors and lives a long life. The post March 28, 1910: It Floats, It Flies, It’s a Seaplane appeared first on...
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