| Date/Loc |
Event |
Speed |
Altitude |
Distance |
Duration
|
Aircraft
|
Engine |
18Dec1903
USA |
Wright Bros First flight@Kitty Hawk,NC (First Flight of the day)
Fourth Flight of the day |
-
<10mph |
-
~10ft |
120 ft
852ft |
12sec
59sec |
Wright Flyer |
Wright 4 cyl,water cooled, fuel inj, 12hp,
200# |
|
1904
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
20Sept1904
USA |
Wright Bros |
~30mph |
- |
~3960ft |
1min/34sec |
Wright Flyer II |
Tuned engine
=15hp |
20Sept1904
USA |
Wright Bros-made first complete circle-Dayton, Ohio |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Wright Flyer II |
"
|
|
1905
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
5Oct1905
USA |
Wright Bros. made 160 flights in 1904/05 in
Dayton- not official records-best day |
38mph |
- |
24.2miles
(max) |
38min+
|
Wright FlyerIII
|
Wright
15hp |
|
1908
|
-
|
- |
-
|
- |
-
|
-
|
-
|
13 Jan 1908
France |
Henry Farman,1km closed circuit,@ Issy, near Paris |
36mph |
~32ft |
0.6 mile loop |
- |
Voisin/Farman biplane |
50 hp Antoinette |
14Mar1908
France |
Henry Farman-Issy-
15 min flt-official public record |
- |
- |
- |
15min |
Voisin/Farman biplane |
" |
04July1908
USA |
Glenn Curtiss took 1km straight line Scientific American
trophy,first public show in USA
Hammondsport,NY |
39mph |
- |
Curtiss went ~ 1 mile |
- |
Curtiss "June Bug" biplane, first with
ailerons |
- |
30 Oct1908
France |
Henry Farman-1st cross country |
~53mph |
98ft |
16miles |
20min |
Voisin biplane |
Antoinette |
08 Aug1908
France |
Wilbur Wright demo circles, figure eights |
- |
- |
- |
3,6,8min
(three runs) |
Wright Model
III Flyer |
- |
20 Aug1908
USA |
Orville Wright makes 1hr flight for US Army |
- |
- |
- |
1hr/2min/
15s |
Wright
Model A
Biplane |
- |
|
"
USA
|
Orville carried passenger
for 6+ min for record |
- |
- |
- |
6min24sec |
Wright Model
A
Biplane |
- |
21Sept1908
USA |
Orville Wright DurationRecord |
- |
- |
- |
1h31m25.8s |
Wright Model A biplane |
- |
13Nov1908
France |
Wilbur Wright-altitude record |
- |
227ft |
- |
- |
Wright Model A biplane |
- |
18 Dec1908
France |
Wilbur Wright-altitude record |
- |
325ft |
- |
- |
Wright Model A biplane |
- |
31 Dec1908
France |
W.Wright-
duration record |
- |
- |
- |
2h20m23.2s |
Wright Model A biplane |
- |
|
1909
|
Event |
Speed |
Altitude |
Distance |
Time |
Plane |
Engine |
27Jul1909
USA |
O.Wright-Army trial
record for duration w/passenger |
- |
- |
- |
1h/12m/40s |
1909
Improved Wright Flyer |
- |
30Jul1909
USA |
O.Wright -Army trial-US record for cross country w/pass@>40mph-
Became world's 1st sucessful military plane |
42.58
mph |
- |
10miles-
RT |
- |
1909
Improved Wright Flyer |
- |
25July1909
Fr-Eng |
Louis Blériot crossed the English Channel in a monoplane |
~35mph |
- |
22miles |
38min |
1909 Blériot XI monoplane |
3 cylinder
"Y" Anzani
-25hp |
22-28 Aug1909
France |
Rheims Meet-Hubert Latham-Altitude record |
- |
509ft |
- |
- |
AntoinetteVII monoplane |
60hp Antoinette |
27Aug1909
France |
Rheims-H.Farman-
distance record |
~36mph |
- |
108miles |
3h/4m/56.4s |
Henry
Farman
biplane |
Gnôme rotary
(50hp?) |
28Aug1909
France |
Rheims-G.Curtiss set speed record |
47mph
|
- |
- |
15min/50s |
Curtiss
Golden Flyer Pusher biplane |
Curtiss "V8"
50hp |
|
1910
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
12 Jan 1910
USA |
Louis Paulhan(French) set new altitude record@LA Av.
Meet |
- |
4164ft |
- |
- |
Henry Farman Biplane |
Gnôme |
| 28April1910 |
L. Paulham- cross country in 24 hrs |
~45mph |
- |
183mi |
4hrs(1 stop) |
Henry Farman Biplane |
" |
Aug1910
France |
Alfred Leblanc-cross country |
~39mph |
- |
471mi |
12h/1m/1s |
Blériot Monoplane |
Gnôme
50hp radial |
3Aug1910
England |
Georges Chavez
(French)-Altitude |
- |
5850 ft
|
- |
- |
Blériot Monoplane |
" |
8Sept1910
France |
" |
- |
8487 ft
|
- |
- |
Blériot Monoplane |
" |
3-10Sept
1910
USA |
Claude Grahame-White (English)- fastest time/distance over water(Sqantum
Light, Boston)and fastest run of the day |
58mph
53mph |
- |
33miles
5.25miles |
34m/11.2s
6min |
Blériot Monoplane |
" |
14Nov1910
USA |
-Eugene Ely took off from the deck of a ship |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Curtiss Pusher Biplane |
- |
|
-1911
|
-Event
|
-Speed |
-Altitude |
Distance |
-Duration |
-Aircraft |
-Engine |
18 Jan1911
USA |
Ely landed on the deck of a ship and went back to land again |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Curtiss Pusher Biplane |
- |
26 Jan1911
USA |
Glen Curtiss took off from the water-1st hydroaeroplane |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Curtiss Pusher with pontoons |
- |
| 22May1911 |
Jules Vedrines-Paris to Madrid-over Pyrenees Mts. |
~56mph |
- |
842miles-
2 stops |
14h/55m/18s |
Morane-Borel
monoplane |
- |
28-31May
1911 |
Jean Conneau-Paris-Rome |
- |
- |
Paris-
Rome ?stops |
82h/5m |
Bleriot monoplane |
Gnôme Rotary-
50hp |
| 18 June1911 |
Jean Conneau -Paris/London/Paris |
- |
- |
992miles-
many stops |
58h/38m |
Blériot Monoplane
|
" |
20 June1911
France |
Edouard Nieuport (Fr)-
Speed Record |
82.5mph
|
- |
- |
- |
Nieuport
monoplane |
- |
1 July1911
England
|
"Charley" Weymann(USA)
Speed record-@3rd G.Bennett contest |
78.77
mph |
- |
94miles
150km |
1h/11m/36.2s |
Nieuport
monoplane(Fr) |
Gnôme rotary-
100hp |
6Sept1911
France |
Roland Garros (Fr)-set Altitude record |
- |
16237ft
4960m |
- |
- |
Bleriot
monoplane |
- |
11Sept1911
France |
Georges Fourney(Fr)-
Duration record, non stop |
- |
- |
- |
13h17m57s
non stop |
Maurice Farman
biplane |
- |
17Sept1911
USA
|
Calbraith Rodgers (USA)
-went coast to coast |
~52mph |
- |
4321mi 70stops-
84 days |
3days10h4m
elapsed time |
Wright
Model B |
- |
24 Dec1911
France |
Armand Gobe(Fr) distance record non stop |
- |
- |
459miles non
stop |
- |
Nieuport monoplane |
Gnôme rotary-
70hp |
|
1912
|
Event
|
Speed |
Altitude |
Distance |
Duration |
Aircraft |
Engine |
22Feb1912
France |
Jules Védrines(Fr)-Speed |
100.22
mph |
- |
- |
- |
Deperdussin racer
(monoplane) |
- |
10Sept1912
USA |
Jules Védrines(Fr)-Speed@4th G.Bennett contest |
105.5
mph |
- |
- |
- |
Deperdussin racer |
-Gnôme 160 hp |
11Dec1912
France |
Roland Garros(Fr) Altitude |
- |
18406Ft |
- |
- |
Morane-
Saulnier monoplane |
- |
|
1913
|
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
13May1913
Russia |
Ivonovich Sikorsky-1st - 4 engine plane |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Le Grand
Russian |
4-100hp-
4cyl water cooled
Argus engines |
23Aug1913
France |
Leon Letort-Paris to Berlin-non stop |
~71mph |
- |
567miles/
non stop
900km |
8hrs |
Morane-
Saulnier monoplane |
Le Rhône -80hp
-7cyl
rotary |
9Sept1913
Russia |
Peter Nesteroff- first to loop the loop but got no credit |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Nieuport monoplane |
- |
21Sept1913
Germany |
Adolphe Pegoud (Fr)-
loop the loop |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Reinforced Bleriot mono |
Gnôme rotary-50hp |
| 23Sept1913 |
Roland Garros-1st to cross the Mediterranean |
- |
- |
474miles over water |
7hrs/53m |
Reinforced Bleriot mono |
" |
29 Sept1913
France |
Maurice Prevost-Speed record@ 5th G.Bennett cup |
126mph/
204km/hr |
- |
12.4miles/
200km |
59m/45.6s |
Deperdussin
monocoque |
Gnôme rotary-
160hp |
| - |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |