1904 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1904:

Table of contents

1 Events 2 First flights 3 Entered Service

Events

March

• March 15 - Ernest Archdeacon and Henri Deutsche de la Meurthe contribute FF 25,000 each to the Grand Prix d'Aviation Deutsche-Archdeacon, to be awarded to the first pilot to fly a 1 km (0.6 mile) circuit and land safely.

• April 1 - Captain Ferdinand Ferber makes a failed attempt to fly an Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer, Normandy.
• April 3 - Gabriel Voisin successfully flies a modified Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer. Voisin added a canard to the design. His longest flight on this day was 25 seconds.

• The British Army tests Samuel Cody's person-carrying kites at Aldershot.

• September 20 - Wilbur Wright makes the first circuit flight, in Wright Flyer II|Flyer II]].

• November 9 - Wilbur Wright flies 2.75 miles (4.4 km) at Dayton, Ohio, the first flight of longer than five minutes.

• May 26 - Wright Flyer II. On September 20th is used to fly the first complete circle in an airplane (aeroplane). Some flights without catapult or headwind assisted takeoff.