1904 in aviation
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1904:
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[edit] April
- April 1 - Captain Ferdinand Ferber makes a failed attempt to fly an Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer, Picardie.
- April 3 - Gabriel Voisin successfully flies a modified Archdeacon glider at Berck sur Mer, Picardie. Voisin added a canard to the design. His longest flight on this day was 25 seconds.
[edit] May
- May 23 - First flight attempt, unsuccessful, of the Wright Flyer II.
[edit] June
- The British Army tests Samuel Cody's person-carrying kites at Aldershot.
[edit] September
- September 20 - Wilbur Wright makes the first circuit flight, in the Flyer II.
[edit] November
- November 9 - Wilbur Wright flies the Wright Flyer II a distance of 3 miles near Dayton, Ohio, the first flight of longer than five minutes.
