Some first flight centenaries coming up
I should perhaps explain that the winters in Sweden are cold and dark, hence the amount of research I do!
?/2/08 Gastambide-Mengin I (Antoinette II) at Parc la Bagatelle, France
12/3/08 Aerial Experiment Association Red Wing at Keuka Lake, Hammondsport, New York, USA
6/5/08 Wright Flyer Model A at Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA
21/5/08 Aerial Experiment Association White Wing at Stony Brook Farm race track, Hammondsport, New York, USA (on pilot Glenn Hammond Curtiss’s 30th birthday)
8/6/08 Avro Roe I biplane at Brooklands, Surrey, UK
17/6/08 Bleriot VIII at Issy-le-Moulineux, France
20/6/08 Aerial Experiment Association June Bug at Stony Brook Farm race track, Hammondsport, New York, USA
8/8/08 Wright Flyer Model A at Hunaudieres race track, Le Mans, France (first Wright flight in Europe)
?/8/08 Ferber IX (Antoinette III) in France
5/9/08 Goupy I in France
?/9/08 Wright Military Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia, USA
9/10/08 Antoinette IV at Issy-le-Moulineux, France
16/10/08 British Army Aeroplane No. 1 at Laffan’s Plain, Farnborough Common, Hampshire, UK
6/12/08 Aerial Experiment Association Silver Dart at Keuka Lake, Hammondsport, New York, USA (became the first aircraft to fly in Canada)
10/12/08 Dunne D.4 at Blair Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland, UK
20/12/08 Antoinette V in France
Also in 1908, date sought: Robert Esnault-Pelterie monoplane in France
Any further additions, information or corrections would be gratefully received!
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