1907 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1907:

Table of contents

1 Events 2 First flights 3 Entered service

Events

August

• August 1 - An Aeronautical Division is formed in the US Signal Corps to oversee "all matters pertaining to military ballooning, air machines, and all kindred subjects".

• September 29 - Louis Breguet and Charles Richet demonstrate their Gyroplane No. 1, the first rotary wing aircraft to lift a person off the ground. (The craft is still controlled by handlers standing around it on the ground).

• October 12 - Augustus Gaudron crosses the North Sea in a hot air balloon named Mammouth. He flies 1,160 lm (721 miles) from Crystal Palace to Lake Vänern (Sweden).

• November 13 - first piloted free flight in a rotary wing aircraft by Paul Cornu at Lisieux. This first flight lifted Cornu about 30 cm (1 ft) and lasted 20 seconds. Somtimes recognized as first impractical helicopter flight.

• July 11 - Blériot Type VI Libellule

• September 10 - Nulli Secundus, the British Army's first airship

• November 10 - Bléroit Type VII, first aircraft of conventional modern configuration