Friday, January 31, 2014
31 January 1914
No. 6 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps was formed on 31 January 1914, at Farnborough under Major J H W Becke. It would go on to provide 93 years of continuous service to the RFC and RAF until it was disbanded on the retirement of the SEPECAT Jaguar, in May 2007.
Thursday, January 30, 2014
30 January 1914
On 30 January 1914 Colonel Jean-Baptiste Roche received the gold medal of the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry for the creation in 1909 of the École supérieure d'aéronautique et de constructions mécaniques (Higher Aeronautics and Mechanical Building School).
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
29 January 1914
The Bleriot XI Britannia, flown by Defence Department pilot Lieutenant Joe Hammond, was the star attraction on Auckland Anniversary Day, 29 January 1914. On the spur of the moment, Hammond invited a visiting actress, Miss Esme McLellan, to join him as his passenger. This caused consternation among the male politicians and dignitaries and the gaffe effectively ended Hammond's career as the NZ Defence Department pilot.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
28 January 1914
On 28 January 1914, in the annals of aviation history, it would appear that nothing of any lasting significance happened.
Monday, January 27, 2014
Sunday, January 26, 2014
26 January 1914
British aviator George Lancelot Gipps was killed in an airplane accident on January 26th 1914 while training in a dual control Bristol Prier monoplane trainer on Salisbury plain. Instructor pilot F. Warren Merriam, who survived the mishap, stated that Gipps mishandled the controls and then held tightly to them, preventing Merriam from saving the situation.
Saturday, January 25, 2014
25 January 1914
George Lee Temple, a British aviator, was killed at Hendon on 25 January 1914. He was making a difficult dive when a strong gust of wind caught the tail of his 50hp Gnome-powered Bleriot monoplane and the machine crashed to the ground. The aviator's neck was broken. Temple was the first British aviator to make a flight upside down in this country having accomplished the feat November 24.
Friday, January 24, 2014
24 January 1914
On 24 January 1914, in the annals of aviation history, it would appear that nothing of any lasting significance happened.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
23 January 1914
A Burgess Company one-off pusher flying boat built for the U.S. Navy (as the D-2) was delivered on January 23, 1914. It was a
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
22 January 1914
A few Avro 500's were built for 'civil' use. One, delivered Brooklands-Hendon by F. P. Raynham on January 22, 1914, was used for display and instruction by J. Laurence Hall (whose name appeared large on the fuselage). Hall succeeded in looping the machine to show that standard British aircraft were as manoeuvrable as special lightweight French machines. The Hall machine continued in instructional use at Hendon until commandeered by the War Office in September 1914.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
21 January 1914
Commander J.W. Seddon, accompanied by a passenger, left Isle of Grain on a Maurice-Farman Seaplane, at 9.15 a.m. on 21 January 1914, arriving at Plymouth about 4.20 p.m., having made one stop at Calshot for 1 hour 40 minutes. The flight was made round the coast, the distance being approximately 325 miles. This flight earned the Royal Aero Club's Brittania Trophy for 1914.
Monday, January 20, 2014
20 January 1914
On January 20, 1914, the USS MISSISSIPPI and one other ship arrived at Pensacola from Annapolis, Maryland, with supplies for the first Naval Aeronautic Station. The original aviation unit which set up NAS Pensacola consisted of nine officers, less than two dozen enlisted men, and seven ungainly flying boats and hydroaeroplanes commanded by Lieutenant Commander Henry C. Mustin.
Sunday, January 19, 2014
19 January 1914
A civic reception was held at the St. Kilda Town Hall in honour of Harry Hawker's return to Australia. Harry attended in the company of George Hawker, his father, and Harry Kauper, his mechanic. The purpose of his trip was to demonstrate the Sopwith Tabloid to the Australian defense establishment. He returned to England in May.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
18 January 1914
On Sunday, January 18, 1914, San Francisco-born Chinese-American aviation pioneer Tom Gunn (1890-1925) put on a flying exhibition for 1,500 enthralled spectators gathered at a makeshift airstrip on the Panau plateau of Kaua'i, about a mile west of Koloa. At 2:10 p.m. he took off and up, heading south toward the ocean and then east to Koloa, before banking westward and landing about five minutes later.
Friday, January 17, 2014
17 January 1914
Second Lieutenant Joseph Hammond became New Zealand’s first Government pilot, having already been commissioned into Britain's Royal Flying Corps. He was charged with the inaugural flights of the Bleriot XI Brittania, New Zealand's first military aircraft. After many checks, Hammond took off from the Epsom Showgrounds in Auckland on the afternoon of 17 January 1914, circling the field and then making a low pass overhead before landing safely.
Thursday, January 16, 2014
16 January 1914
Mr B. C. Hucks did the first loops in England by an Englishman, in November 1913. To mark the accomplishment, an Upside Down Dinner was given at Hendon on January 16, 1914. The dinner started with cigars, coffee and liqueurs, worked through port, the Loyal Toast, other toasts, cheese board, savoury, dessert, entree, fish, soup, hors d'oeuvre, Grace, to cocktails, nuts, and crisps.
15 January 1914
On 15 January 1914 the Signal Corps Aviation School issued the first Army aviation safety regulation. It required pilots to wear helmets and leather coats for overland flights, and unsinkable coats for over-water flights.
14 January 1914
On 14 January 1914, in the annals of aviation history, it would appear that nothing of any lasting significance happened.
Monday, January 13, 2014
13 January 1914
On January 13, 1914 the United States Court of Appeals upheld the Wright brothers 1906 patent and judged it to be the "grandfather" patent of the airplane.
Sunday, January 12, 2014
12 January 1014
On 12 January 1914, in the annals of aviation history, it would appear that nothing of any lasting significance happened.
Saturday, January 11, 2014
11 January 1914
On January 11, 1914 the Idaho Daily Statesmen reported that Lincoln Beachey deliberately wrecked his biplane but avoided "what appeared to be a certain sacrifice of two lives....Beachey was descending after an exhibition flight, and directly below him was an automobile driven by Barney Oldfield and carrying a ...passenger. The aviator swerved his machine, which collapsed and turned almost completely over, burying Beachey beneath it. His only injuries are bruises."
Friday, January 10, 2014
10 January 1914
On 10 Jan 1914, Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels, announced that “the science of aerial navigation has reached that point where aircraft must form a large part of our naval force for offensive and defensive operations.” He went on to say, "This country has not fully recognized the value of aeronautics in preparation for war, but it is believed that we should take our proper place.”
Thursday, January 9, 2014
9 January 1914
In a well-publicized parachute jump on January 9, 1914, from a plane built and piloted by Glenn L. Martin, 1,000 feet over Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California, Georgia Ann "Tiny" Broadwick demonstrated Martin's compact pack-parachute, the Aerial Life-Vest. Although Martin claimed credit for, and patented the appliance, it is widely understood to have been developed by Charles Broadwick.
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
8 January 1914
Mrs. L. A. Whitney, wife of the Secretary of Commerce of St. Petersburg, FL, was the first female passenger on a regularly scheduled airline. On January 8, 1914 Mrs. Whitney flew from St. Petersburg to Tampa on the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line. Her flight was not without incident -- Pilot Tony Jannus was forced to land the aircraft on Tampa Bay some distance from land because of engine trouble, but he soon repaired it and successfully completed the flight.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
7 January 1914
Monday, January 6, 2014
6 January 1914
On 6 January 1914, First Lieutenant Bernard L. Smith, USMC, was directed to Culebra, Puerto Rico, to establish the Marine Section of the Navy Flying School. This event is considered to mark the separation of Marine Aviation from Naval Aviation.
Sunday, January 5, 2014
5 January 1914
The first weather forecast from the Meteorological Office at Farnborough was issued on 5 January 1914. Prepared by J.S. Dines, it predicted for the following dayn fine, if cloudy weather, brisk northerly winds and lower temperatures.
Saturday, January 4, 2014
4 January 1914
The Short Admiralty Type 74 first flew on 4 January 1914, piloted by Gordon Bell, Chief Test Pilot at Shorts. He was accompanied on this first flight by Charles Richard Fairey (who left Shorts in 1915 to found the Fairey Aviation company). It was intended for use as a coastal patrol seaplane operating from coastal stations. The Type 74 was powered by a 100 hp Gnome double Omega engine, which provided a maximum flight duration of 5 hours.
Friday, January 3, 2014
3 January 1913
The Boland brothers, Frank, James and Joseph, were aircraft designers from Rahway, New Jersey who started the Boland Airplane and Motor Co. They worked with tailless aircraft that were early predecessors of flying wings. Frank Boland was killed on January 3, 1913 during an exhibition flight in Trinidad. E.T. Wooldridge writes: "The Boland brothers were a relatively small, but extraordinary, part of early aviation history in the United States. Frank supplied the enthusiasm, ingenuity, and self-taught flying ability; Joseph provided the mechanical genius to transform ideas into some tangible, workable form; and James had the business sense so often lacking in ventures of that sort." In 1914, the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Company took over the manufacturing rights of Boland airplanes and engines.
Thursday, January 2, 2014
2 January 1914
Late in 1913, looping the loop was perfected and became a popular event during the many public displays. On 2 January 1914, Gustav Hamel took Miss Trehawke Davies aloft in an 80 H.P. Bleriot monoplane and performed the loop seven times, and she thus became the first woman in the world to experience the maneuver.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
1 January 1914
On January 1, 1914 the St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled winged airline service, when Antony H. Jannus piloted the airline's Benoist Type XIV on its maiden flight between St. Petersburg and Tampa. The departure was reportedly observed by over 3,000 spectators. The first round-trip ticket was auctioned off for $400 to the former mayor of St. Petersburg, Abram C. Pheil. Pheil then boarded the wooden, open-air craft for the 23-minute flight.
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