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On August 2nd in 1861, The first military balloon was launched and used for limited observation. (Text source: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/Civil_War_balloons/LTA5.htm) (Image source: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/Civil_War_balloons/LTA5.htm)
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On the 3rd of August, the vessel "Fanny" became one of the first ships to launch a balloon. This became the beginning of the use of "Aircraft Carriers". (Text source: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/Civil_War_balloons/LTA5.htm) (Image source: http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/Civil_War_balloons/LTA5.htm)
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U.S. Army Signal Corps establishes the Army's first Aeronautical division (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The dirigible Nulli Secundus makes it's first flight at Farnborough for the British Army
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The U.S. Army buys it's first Baldwin dirigible. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The U.S. Army agreed to to begin trials on the use of airplanes from Wilbur Wright. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Wichester) (Image source: http://www.first-to-fly.com/Information%20Images/Photos/1908%20Military%20Flyer%20in%20Flight.jpg)
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The German Army takes delivery of it's first Zeppelin designated LZ3. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The U.S. Army sends it's first messages while in flight using a wireless telephony. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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French pilots demonstrate that aerial photoreconnaissance could be achieved. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Italian pilots conduct the first wartime reconnaissance mission during the fighting of Turkish forces in Libya. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Italian pilots drop bombs durring war for the first time in Libya.
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The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) is established on 13 April, 1912
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The U.S. Army conducts tests to study the effectiveness of using machine guns in flight. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On the 10th of August, the U.S. Army Signal Corps used airplanes for the first time in military maneuvers. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Zeppelin LZ14 from the German Army crashes into the North Sea on September 9, 1913. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
(Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Crash_Zeppelin_LZ18_%28LII%29.jpg/387px-Crash_Zeppelin_LZ18_%28LII%29.jpg) -
On November 30th, American pilots flying in Mexico proceeded to fire their pistols at each other, there fore conducting the first "form" of aerial combat. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The first recorded strategic bombing raid was conducted against Zeppelin hangars by the French.
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On August 15, 1914...The first act of combat between French and German aircraft was recorded. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The RFC first used aircraft to spot the fall of artillery using wireless telegraphy and photography during the Battle of the Aisne. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On the 22nd of November, an Avro biplane from the RFC shot down the first German aircraft in aerial combat. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The German army conducted it's first bombing attacks with Navy seaplanes on British targets. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The first airship raid was conducted against Britain during the 19th and 20th of January. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On the 4th of March, Zeppelin LZ37 is the first zeppelin to be brought down by a Royal Navy aircraft. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On April 1st, 1915...Pilot Roland Garros downs a german aircraft with a forward firing machine gun for the first time. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The first Victoria Cross is awarded to airman William Rhodes-Moorhouse.
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The first Zeppelin raid was conducted on London by the German Army on the 31st of May, 1915. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The Fokker Ei monoplane makes it's debut to the western front on the 1st of July, 1915. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On 12 August, the Royal Navy Air Service first sank a Turkish ship using a torpedo. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On the 2nd of December 1915, the germans conduct the first flight of the Junkers J1 monoplane. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On the 3rd of January in 1916, the Royal Flying Corps conducted the first supply drops during wartime to British forces in Iraq.
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The first sustained resupply of ground troops by aircraft was conducted between the 15th and 29th of April 1916. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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American volunteers form a squadron called "Lafayette Escadrille" with in the French Air Service.
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On the 17th of September...Rittmeister Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron) scores the first of his overall 80 victories. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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On the 15th of September...Austrian Lohner flying boats sank a French submarine.
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During the 11th and 12th of February, a German crew scored the first aerial victories durring night time. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Througout the month of April in 1917, over 350 Allied aircraft were lost in air battles durring what is known now as "Bloody April"
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On the 3rd of May in 1917, The RFC used aircraft for the first time to conduct "Close Air Support" missions during the Arras Offensive.
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RNAS pilot Edwin Dunning makes the first landing on a ship at sea. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The Germans introduced the Fokker Dr1 Triplane to the western front on the 21st of August, 1917. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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During the month of February in 1918....Production begins on the Airco DH4. (Text Source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Created from both the RFC and the RNAS, the Royal Air Force begins it's first year.
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A German pilot is the first to save himself by using a parachute in combat on the 1st of April, 1918. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Manfred von Richthofen "The Red Baron" is shot down and killed on the 21st of April, 1918. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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RAF Sopwith Camels conduct the first carrier launched air-strike against Zeppelin sheds. (Text source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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Brigadier General Billy Mitchell Proves Ships Can Be Sunk By Aerial Bombing.
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The USS Langley is converted and commissioned as the Americans first aircraft carrier.
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Japan began trials of their First Aircraft Carrier on the 30th of November 1922.
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The US Navy's rigid airship "Shenandoah" completes it's maiden flight.
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The U.S. Navy Airship "Shenandoah" crashes in Ohio.
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The Itallian Army Experiments With Dropping Parachute Troops (Text Source: The Timeline of Aviation by Jim Winchester)
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The U.K begins trials to detect aircraft with radio radar waves.
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Disreguarding the Versailles Treaty, the exsistance of the German Luftwaffe is announced.
