1904 in aviation - Definition and Overview

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

April

• 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, Normandy. Voisin added a canard to the design. His longest flight on this day was 25 seconds.

May

• May 23 - First flight of the Wright Flyer II.

June

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

September

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

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.

Events

• The Wrights apply for patents for their flying machine in Germany and France.