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Years
in aviation
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1914:

Events


January

February

  • The Sikorsky Ilya Muromets sets a load-to-altitude record, lifting 16 people to 2,000 metres (6,562 ft).
  • February 8-10 - Berliner, Haase and Nikolai fly 3053 km in their free balloon from Bitterfeld to Perm. This record lasted until 1950.

April

July

  • July 10-11, German Reinhold Böhm flies his Albatros-biplane 24 hours and 12 minutes without refueling and nonstop. This one-man-flight record lasted until 1927.
  • July 28 - outbreak of World War I Aviation changes war in a twofold way. The aeroplane turns the sky into a new battle field where about 20,000 flyers, most of them trained pilots die. Aircraft eliminate the distinction between frontline and hinterland, with the civilian population far behind the frontline also becoming a target.
  • July 30 - Trygve Gran makes the first crossing of the North Sea by aeroplane.

August

September

October

November

December

First flights


January

July

Entered service


Timeline of aviation | 1914

1914 en aéronautique

 

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