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1911 in aviation

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Years in aviation: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914
Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
Years: 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1911:

Events

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January–March

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April–June

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Beaumont' Bleriot monoplane

July–September

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October–December

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Births

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Deaths

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First flights

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April

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May

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Notes

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  1. ^ Layman 1989, pp. 17–18.
  2. ^ Layman 1989, p. 13.
  3. ^ Peattie 2001, pp. 4–5.
  4. ^ Peattie 2001, p. 11.
  5. ^ "rafmuseum.org.uk "Early Military Ballooning"". Archived from the original on 2013-05-19. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  6. ^ a b c Layman 1989, p. 110.
  7. ^ "Great Britain Timeline: 1911 - 1941". Archived from the original on 2010-12-23. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  8. ^ "Dashes Into Group Of French Cabinet Officers". New Oxford Item. May 25, 1911. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
  9. ^ "Lincoln Beachy". HOME > NIAGARA FALLS HISTORY > TOURISM HISTORY NIAGARA FALLS DAREDEVILS > LINCOLN BEACHY: Niagara Falls Info. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  10. ^ Taylor, John W. R. (1972) [1971 - Hamlyn Publishing]. Aircraft. Gossamer All-Color Guide Series. Grosset & Dunlap.
  11. ^ Gray, Carroll (2005). "CICERO FLYING FIELD – Origin, Operation, Obscurity and Legacy – 1891 to 1916 – OPERATION, 1911 – OPENING DAY". lincolnbeachey.com. Carroll F. Gray. Retrieved June 25, 2019. Cicero Flying Field officially opened on July 4, 1911, as 5,000 people crowded onto the area between the hangars and the "strip."
  12. ^ "Începuturi". RoAF (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 5 June 2009.
  13. ^ "Taft Greets Atwood after Rainy Flight" (PDF). The New York Times. 1911-07-15.
  14. ^ Edwards, John Carver (2009). Orville's Aviators: Outstanding Alumni of the Wright Flying School, 1910–1916. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 172.
  15. ^ "Today in History". The Washington Post Express. 2011-08-01. p. 30.
  16. ^ a b c Daniel, Clifton, ed. (1987). Chronicle of the 20th Century. Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications. p. 153. ISBN 0-942191-01-3.
  17. ^ "An American Lady Aviator". Flight. 1911-08-26. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  18. ^ "Lidia Zvereva". Centennial of Women Pilots. Archived from the original on 31 March 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  19. ^ "Atwood Ends Record Air Trip. Lands Here 1,265 Miles from St. Louis, Beating Best Previous Flight by 101 Miles" (PDF). The New York Times. 1911-08-26. Retrieved 2012-10-11. Harry N. Atwood, the young Boston aviator, landed at Governors Island at 2:38 yesterday afternoon, at the end of the greatest cross-country flight in the history of ...
  20. ^ Antoniu, Dan; Cicoș, George (27 October 2006). "Primii pași către o industrie aeronautică în România" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 22 November 2009.
  21. ^ Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh; Henry Albert Jones (1922). The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force ... Clarendon Press. p. 196.
  22. ^ Daniel, Clifton, ed. (1987). Chronicle of the 20th Century. Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications. p. 154. ISBN 0-942191-01-3.
  23. ^ a b Daniel, Clifton, ed., Chronicle of the 20th Century, Mount Kisco, New York: Chronicle Publications, 1987, ISBN 0-942191-01-3, p. 155.
  24. ^ Muir, Tom, "Birth of the Aircraft Carrier," MHQ, Winter 2018, p. 64.
  25. ^ a b c Franks, Norman, Aircraft vs. Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat From 1914 to the Present Day, London: Grub Street, 1998, ISBN 1-902304-04-7, p. 8.
  26. ^ The influence of air power upon history by Walter J. Boyne, p.38
  27. ^ Whitehouse, Arch, The Zeppelin Fighters, New York: Ace Books, 1966, no ISBN, p. 39.
  28. ^ Franks, Norman, Aircraft vs. Aircraft: The Illustrated Story of Fighter Pilot Combat From 1914 to the Present Day, London: Grub Street, 1998, ISBN 1-902304-04-7, pp. 8-9.
  29. ^ "Blackstock, Joe, "Fowler Tried Harder But Was Only the Second Flier To Cross the Nation By Airplane," Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, May 14, 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
  30. ^ Donald, David, ed., The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft, New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0592-5, p. 75.

References

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  • Layman, R.D., Before the Aircraft Carrier: The Development of Aviation Vessels 1849–1922, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1989, ISBN 0-87021-210-9
  • Peattie, Mark R., Sunburst: The Rise of Japanese Naval Air Power 1909–1941, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2001, ISBN 1-55750-432-6