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Part 1
10 June
The first German airmail is flown by airships 'Schwaben' and 'Gelber Hund'
from Darmstadt to Frankfurt/Main.
17 June
Julie Clark becomes the first American woman to be killed flying when
she hits a tree at Springfield in Illinois.
26 June
The Japanese government forms a Kaigun Kokujutsu Kenkyu Kai (Naval Committee
for Aeronautical Research).
27 June
The Italian Aviation Service is formed from the Battaglione Aviatori (Aviation
Battalion).
28 June
Delag passenger-carrying airship Zeppelin LZ10 'Schwaben' is destroyed
by fire while in its shed.
2 July
The Danish Army Flying School is established.
5 July
Americans Captain Charles Chandler and Lieutenants Thomas Milling and
Henry Arnold are presented with certificates qualifying them as the first
United States 'Military Aviators'.
27 July
The first wireless message is transmitted from an airship to a ship, the
torpedo boat USS Stringham. Lieutenant John Rodgers and Ensign Charles
Maddox send it from a Wright B1 Flyer.
31 July
Lieutenant T.G. Ellyson pilots the first aeroplane to be catapult-launched
from a wall platform at Annapolis, USA.
5 August
United States Army officers gain double pay for volunteering for flying
training, after the Hardwick Bill is passed in Washington, USA.
10 August
During United States Army manoeuvres, the Signal Corps fly aeroplanes
for the first time.
10 August
The Argentinean Servico Aeronautico del Ejercito (Military Aviation Service)
is formed.
15 August
In an effort to encourage the development of fighter aircraft, the Michelin
brothers give a prize of 50,000 francs to Frenchmen Gaubet and Scott for
dropping bombs on a target.
September
The Australian Army Aviation Corps is formed.
September
The Royal Hellenic Army establishes an Air Squadron.
9 September
Jules Vedrines wins the Gordon Bennett cup by flying a world record speed
of 173kph (108mph) in his Monocoque Deperdussin monoplane at Chicago.
11 September
Lieutenant Moizo, an Italian, is the first pilot to be captured in warfare
when his Nieuport makes a forced landing at Azizia during the Libyan campaign.
Moizo, at the time of his capture, was the longest serving pilot in the
theatre with 11 months and 82 sorties to his name.
12 September
The first French naval aeroplane, a Maurice Farman fitted with pontoons,
is purchased.
19
September
Delag's Zeppelin LZ13 'Hansa' commences the world's first international
commercial passenger service, flying from Hamburg to Copenhagen in Denmark
and Malmo in Sweden.
1 October
The German Military Aviation Service is formed.
22 October
The first use of an aircraft in war. Captain Carlo Piazza of the Italian
Army, flying a Blériot XI, flew from Tripoli to observe Turkish
positions near Azizia.
23 October
Teniente de Navio Melchor Z. Escola, Argentina's first naval aviator,
is awarded a pilot's certificate by the Argentine Aero Club.
26 October
American Lieutenant John H. Towers conducts trials into the use of aeroplanes
for anti-submarine duties.
12 November
A Curtiss A-1 Triad hydroplane, piloted by Lieutenant T. Gordon Ellyson,
is the first aeroplane to be catapult-launched from an anchored ship.
The aircraft takes-off using a compressed air catapult on a barge anchored
in the Anacostia river, USA.
27 November
The United States Army Signal Corps receives it's first flying boat, a
Curtiss F two-seat biplane.
28 November
The Italian Flotta Aerea d'Italia (Air Fleet of Italy) is formed as an
autonomous aviation service.
5 December
In an effort to encourage the development of seaplanes, Frenchman Jacques
Schneider announces that he will sponsor an international competition.
12 December
The first ejector seat, developed by Baron d'Odkolek, is tested at Issy-les-Moulineaux
in France, when a dummy wearing the parachute is ejected by a small cannon
from a flying aeroplane.
Also this year...
The following air services are established:
Edmond Audemars of Switzerland makes the first flight from Paris to Berlin, in a Blériot monoplane.
The world's first all-metal aeroplane, the Tubavion monoplane, is flown by Frenchmen Ponche and Primard.
The United States Army purchases six Burgess Model H biplane trainers, the first aeroplanes with tractor-mounted engines.
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