1912 in aeronautics
- 1911 in aeronautics - 1912 in aeronautics - 1913 in aeronautics
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Creation of the Inspection of French military aeronautics with the General Castlings like first chief.
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First tests of autopilot by Elmer Sperry.
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January 10th : The lieutenant Charles Samson is the first British pilot to take off since a ship: he leaves on board S.38 Shorts a platform arranged on battleship HMS Africa.
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January 13rd : The French Jules Védrines beats the speed records pure in the plane: 145,161 km/h on a “Derperdussin”.
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January 29th : The Blatchke American beats the record of altitude in the plane: 4.260 Mr.
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February 22nd : The French Jules Védrines beats the speed records pure in the plane: 161,290 km/h on a “Derperdussin”.
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February 29th : The French Jules Védrines beats the speed records pure in the plane: 162,454 km/h on a “Deperdussin”.
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March 1st : The French Jules Védrines beats the speed records pure in the plane: 166,821 km/h on a “Deperdussin”.
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March 2nd : The French Jules Védrines beats the speed records pure in the plane: 167,910 km/h on a “Deperdussin”.
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March 24th : The Suisse François Durafour accomplishes the first flight in the plane in Uruguay on a “Deperdussin”.
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Mars : First jump in parachute of Albert Berry.
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April 13rd : Creation in Great Britain of “Royal Flying Body”, ancestor of the Royal Air Force (April 1st 1918).
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April 13rd : Flight Paris - London with passengers of Maurice Prévost.
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April 16th : American the Harriet Quimby, first woman managing to cross the English Channel in solo. It flies on a “Blériot”.
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April 27th : “Deutsch Cut of Meurthe”. The Tabuteau French gains the test by traversing 200 km in 1 hour, 47 minutes and 48 seconds.
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May 30th : Death of Wilbur Wright (Pilot's license N°15).
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June 8th : The Sopwitch British gains “Aerial Derby” over “Blériot XI”.
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June 25th : Death of Hubert Latham at the time of a hunting in Africa (Pilot's license N°9).
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July 13rd : The French Jules Védrines beats the speed records pure in the plane: 170,777 km/h on a “Deperdussin”.
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August 7th : Prohibition of the landing of apparatus with Paris.
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September 6th : The French Roland Garros beats the record of altitude in the plane: 4 900 meters on a “Blériot”.
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September 9th : The French Jules Védrines gains the “cut Gordon Bennett” disputed with Chicago. With new the monoshell of “Deperdussin”, it reaches a speed record of 174,1 km/h; new record.
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September 11th : The Fourny French beats the record of distance in the plane: 1 010,9 km. It is the first time that the barrier of the 1.000 km (officially) is reached. During this flight, Fourny also improves the record of time of flight: 13 hours, 17 minutes and 57 seconds.
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September 17th : The French Georges Legagneux beats the record of altitude plane: 5 450 m on a “Morane-Saulnier”.
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September 26th : Death of Charles Voisin, victim of an automobile accident.
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October 26th : Air Show to Paris.
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November 18th : The Belgian F. Lescarts accomplishes the first flight in the plane in central Africa (Élizabethville, today Lubumbashi, Belgian Congo)
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December 11th : The French Roland Garros beats the record of altitude plane to Tunis: 5 610 m on a “Morane-Saulnier”.
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December 12th : With Issy-les-Moulineaux, the “ejector seat” of the Baron d' Odkolek is tested. A mannequin is ejected of an airplane in flight thanks to a small gun.
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December 18th : The French Roland Garros steals 285 km with the top of the sea (the Mediterranean) between Tunis (Tunisia) and Trapani (Sicily); new record of the kind.
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December 21st : The French Roland Garros beats the record of distance in the plane to the top of the sea: 415 km between Trapani (Sicily) and Santa Eufenia (Italy).
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December 22nd : The French Roland Garros beats the record of distance in the plane to the top of the sea: 500 km between Naples and Rome (Italy).
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December 31st : The Cut Michelin is not allotted in 1912.
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