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1900 In Aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events during the 19th century (1 January 1801 – 31 December 1900): 1800–1859 * 1802 ** 5 July – André-Jacques Garnerin and Edward Hawke Locker make a balloon flight from Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood to Chingford in just over 15 minutes. ** 2 December – A manned illuminated balloon is launched from the front of Notre Dame de Paris during the Coronation of Napoleon I. * 1803 ** British Rear Admiral Charles Knowles proposes to the Admiralty that the Royal Navy loft an observation balloon from a ship in order to reconnoitre French preparations for the invasion of Britain in Brest. The proposal is ignored.Layman 1989, p. 31. ** 18 July – Etienne Gaspar Robertson and his copilot Lhoest ascend from Hamburg, Germany, to an altitude of around in a balloon. ** 3–4 October – André-Jacques Garnerin covers a distance of from Paris to Clausen, Germany. ** 7–8 October – Francesco Zambeccari an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timeline Of Aviation
This is a timeline of aviation history, and a list of more detailed aviation timelines. The texts in the diagram are clickable links to articles. Timeline ImageSize = width:500 height:2000 PlotArea = left:50 right:0 bottom:10 top:10 DateFormat = yyyy Period = from:1799 till:2011 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical order:reverse ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:10 start:1880 ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:5 start:1880 PlotData= Color:red mark:(line,blue) align:left fontsize:S shift:(15,-3) # shift text to right side of bar # there is no automatic collision detection, fontsize:XS # so shift texts up or down manually to avoid overlap shift:(25,-10) at:1799 text: Sir George Cayley, physics of flight (Cayley) at:1804 text: Sir George Cayley, successful model hangglider flight (Cayley) at:1848 text: John Stringfellow, steam powered model glider at:1853 text: Sir George Cayley, towed, controlled, manned, glider flight (Cayley) from:1884 till:1886 text: John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
