CIA NOTABLE FLIGHTS

Part A, Airship Flights

1852-09-24

First successful airship flight.

Henri Giffard

Giffard. Coal gas.

1859-

Earliest known photo of an aerostat.

"Camille Vert"

1872-12-13

First use of internal gas combustion engine for dirigible

Paul Hänlein

Hänlein

1884-08-09

First controlled airship flight.

Charles Renard

Renard-Krebs "La France"

1897-11-03

First flight of a rigid (metal outer cover) airship.

Ernst Jaegels

David Schwartz No 2

1900-07-02

First successful flight of a rigid airship

Ferdinand Adolf August von Zeppelin. Count

Zeppelin LZ 1. Hydrogen.

1901-10-19

Winner of the Deutsch Prize.

Alberto Santos-Dumont

Santos-Dumont No 6. Hydrogen.

1902-09-22

First successful airship in Britain

Stanley Spencer

Spencer. "Evening News". 3 hp Sims

1907-09-02

First Airship Polar Expedition

Walter Wellman

Godard "America"

1909-xx-xx

Radio-controlled airship model demonstration

Mark O. Anthony

1909-05-31

Long distance flight.

Ferdinand Adolf August von Zeppelin. Count

Zeppelin LZ 5. Hydrogen

1910-06-28

First Zeppelin passenger flight.

Capt. Kahlenberg

Zeppelin LZ 7. "Deutschland". Hydrogen.

1910-08-22

Radio-controlled airship model demonstration.

Raymond Phillips

"Raymond Phillips"

1910-10-15

First North Atlantic attempt by airship.

Walter Wellman

Vaniman "America" enlarged

1910-10-16

First Airship flight France to Britain

Alphonse Clement

Clement-Bayard II. "Daily Mail"

1910-11-04

First flight Britain to France.

Ernest Thompson Willows

Willows III. 35 hp JAP

1912-09-19

First flight with a gas airship over Sweden

Zeppelin LZ13. "Hansa"

1913-09-xx

British speed record

HMA No 3. Astra-Torres XIV

1914-06-28

World Endurance Record. closed circuit

Etienne Joseph Francois Joux

Clement Bayard "Adjudant Vincenot"

1915-06-15

First Zeppelin to complete 1 000 flights.

Eberhard Lempertz. Dr

Zeppelin LZ 11. "Victoria Luise". Hydrogen.

1917-06-28

British airship duration record.

NS.1. Hydrogen

1917-07-31

Around the Baltic in 101 hours without refuelling

Ernst Lehmann

Zeppelin LZ 90 (Army LZ120). Hydrogen

1917-11-25

First Zeppelin flight south of the Tropic of Cancer.

Ludwig Bockholt

Zeppelin LZ 104 (Navy L59). Hydrogen

1919-07-06

First Atlantic crossing by airship (1st east-west by any aircraft).

George Herbert Scott. Major

Beardmore HMA R34. Hydrogen

1919-07-13

First West-East North Atlantic crossing by airship.

George Herbert Scott. Major

Beardmore HMA R34. Hydrogen

1921-12-01

First airship to fly filled with helium

US Navy C-7

1923-09-30

Unofficial Wold duration Record.

Jean du Plessis de Grenedan

Zeppelin LZ 114 "Dixmude". Hydrogen. Ex German Navy "L72"

1926-05-14

First flight over the North Pole.

Umberto Nobile

Nobile N-1. "Norge". Hydrogen

1928-10-16

First commercial transatlantic flight.

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-03-25

Lowest altitude reached by a Zeppelin.

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-08-05

Positioning for Around-the World Flight.

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-08-10

Around-the-world Flight. leg 1.

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-08-19

Around-the-world Flight. leg 2. First flight Germany to Japan

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-08-26

Around-the-world Flight. leg 3. First Pacific Ocean crossing

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-08-29

Around-the-world Flight. leg 4. First flight across USA

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-08-29

Around-the-world Flight. Lakehurst to Lakehurst

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-09-04

Around-the-world Flight. leg 5.

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1929-09-04

Around-the-world Flight. Friedrichshafen to Friedrichshafen

Hugo Eckener

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1934-12-19

First airship to fly more than 1 million km.

Hans Flemming

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1935-11-27

Longest holding - 3 days. Outbreak of revolution in Pernambuco.

Ernst Lehmann

Zeppelin LZ 127. "Graf Zeppelin". Hydrogen/blaugas (fuel).

1937-10-04

Unofficial World Duration record.

Mr. Pankoff

Nobile V-6. Hydrogen

1957-03-15

Longest recorded airship flight.

Jack R. Hunt. Cmdr

Goodyear ZPG-2 "Snowbird". Helium

1973-01-04

First successful flight of a Hot Air Airship. Bristol.

Donald A. Cameron

Cameron D96.

1973-01-07

First public demonstration of a Hot Air Airship. Newbury.

Donald A. Cameron

Cameron D96.

1976-02-18

First Hot Air Airship flight in Switzerland

Kurt Rünzi

Raven. "Verkehrshaus Luzern". N1701X

1977-04-04

First flight with a Hot Air Airship in Sweden

Jan Balkedal

Cameron DS-140. "Hammlätt". G-BEHI. later SE-ZAA

1977-05-08

First night flight by Hot Air Airship.

Hans Åkerstedt

Cameron DS-140 "Hammlätt".

1988-08-07

Winner of the First World Hot Air Airship Championships

Oscar Lindström

1990-06-24

Wreck of Macon found. wrecked 1935-02-12

Herbert V. Wiley

Goodyear ZRS5 "Macon"

1990-08-10

2nd World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place

Vincent Dupuis

1992-09-20

3rd World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place

Guy Moyano

1994-02-06

4th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place

Vincent Dupuis

1996-01-17

5th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place

Jens Petersen

1998-09-07

6th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place

Jacques Besnard

2000-09-10

7th World Hot Air Airship Championships. 1st place

Jacques Besnard

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2024-04-19