As it Happens Aviation Publications Organized by Publication Date

1500's

• Da Vinci's Treatise upon the Flight of Birds as reprinted in the Aeronautical Annual, 1895.

1809

• Cayley's On Aerial Navigation, Part One.

1810

• Cayley's On Aerial Navigation, Part Two.
• Cayley's On Aerial Navigation, Part Three.

1866

• AERIAL LOCOMOTION. By F. H. Wenham, Esq.

1890

• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1890

1891

• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1891

1892

• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1892

1893

• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1893

1894

• Gaston Tissandier's Aerial Navigation and Flying Machines. January.
• L. P. Mouillard's Gliding Flight. Cosmopolitan, February.

• Opening Address of the 1894(?) International Conference on Aerial Navigation. by Octave Chanute.

• Octave Chanute's Progress in Flying Machines.
• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1894

1895

• James Means' The Aeronautical Annual, 1895
• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1895

1896

• Indiana Dunes Diary, kept by Octave Chanute of his important gliding experiments in 1896.
• Chicago Tribune article about Octave Chanute's gliding experiments - June 24, 1896.
• Another Tribune article about the Chanute experiments dated September 8, 1896 concerning Butusov's 'Albatross' with a neat artist's drawing included.
• Chicago Times-Herald article of Sept. 8, 1897 by a reporter who visited Herring at Dune Park and tried the glider himself. A great description of what it was like to fly a Chanute/Herring glider.
• The Westchester Tribune's (Chesterton, Indiana) article of October 3, 1896 that describes Butusov's final attempt to launch the 'Albatross.'
• Aerial Flights, a report of Chanute's experiments in Indiana. October 31.
• James Means' The Aeronautical Annual, 1896
• The Chanute-Mouillard Correspondence, 1896 and early 1897.

1897

• Gliding Experiments, by Octave Chanute. An address by Octave Chanute delivered 20th of October, 1897. [note: currently without the images in the original publication.]
• James Means' The Aeronautical Annual, 1897

1900

• The Chanute Wright correspondence, 1900
• Experiments in Flying by Octave Chanute. McClure's Magazine, June.

1901

• The Chanute Wright correspondence, 1901
• A Report on the Aeronautical Congress Scientific American, March 2.
• The Kress Aeroplane Scientific American, March 2.
• Hoffman's Flying Machine Scientific American,May 4.
• Is the Airship Coming? McClure's Magazine, September.

1902

• Aeronautics A retrospect of the year 1901 Scientific American, January 4.
• Some Aeronautical Experiments made by the Wright Brothers. Scientific American, February 22.
• The Villard Flying Machine Scientific American, March 8.

1903

• The Wrights file for a patent March 23.
• The Langley Airship. A press release issued by S.P. Langley, Scientific American, August 19.
• Langley's Aerodrome Experiments. A report on the 12-foot aerodrome. Scientific American, August 22.
• Experiments with Motor-Driven Aeroplanes (Gustav Whitehead). Scientific American, September 19.
• The Berliner Aeroplane Scientific American, September 26.
• First unsuccessful test of Langley's full-sized Aerodrome, October 7.
• Groombridge and South's New Aeroplane Scientific American, October 10.
• The Failure of Langley's Aerodrome. Scientific American, October 17.
• Langley's second and final test of the "Aerodrome" ends in failure, December 8.
• Marceau's "BUTTERFLY." Scientific American, December 12.
• Wright flyer lifts off at Kitty Hawk, December 17.
• Accidents to the Lebaudy and Langley Flying Machines. Scientific American, December 19.

1904

• A Novel Flying Machine invented by Nemethy. The American Inventor,

1905

• F The Wright Aeroplane and its Fabled Performance January 13, 1905.
• Feathered Flying Machines. Scientific American, July 8.
• A New Aeroplane built by Ludlow. Scientific American, July 15.
• MOVIE: The Voisin-Archdeacon float glider takes to the air, July 18.
• MOVIE: The Voisin-Blériot float glider is less successful, July 18.
• Accident to the Montgomery Aeroplane. Scientific American, July 29.
• Ludlow's First Successful Flight Scientific American, November 4.
• Natural and Artificial Flight Scientific American, December 16.

1906

• F The Wright Aeroplane and its Performances April 7, 1906.
• US Patent No. 821,393 is awarded to Orville and Wilbur Wright, May 22.
• MOVIE: Santos-Dumont's 14-Bis takes flight, October 23.

1907

• A New Flying Machine invented by Nemethy. The American Inventor, July, 1907.
• Aerial Experiment Association formed, October 1.

1908

• Lt. Selfridge writes to the Wright brothers, asking for details about their aircraft, January 15.
• Wright brothers respond guardedly to Selfridges' request, Jan. 18.
• AEA Red Wing flies for the first time, March 12.
• AEA White wing makes first flight, May 18.
• AEA June Bug makes first flight, June 21.
• AEA wins Scientific American Trophy, July 4.
• AEA files patent application, July 8.
• Wright brothers write Curtiss concerning possible patent infringement, July 20.
• The Wright Brothers Aëroplane by Wilbur Wright. Century Magazine, September, 1908.
• Lt. Selfridge killed in accident during Wright Ft. Myer trials, Sept. 17.
• Farman makes first cross-country flight, Oct. 30.
• AEA Silver Dart flown for the first time, Dec. 6.

1909

• Aeroplanes and Motors at the First Paris Aeronautical Salon. Scientific American, January 23.
• The British Army Aeroplane Scientific American, January 30.
• The Aeronautic Society Aeroplane Scientific American, March 13.
• MOVIE: The first film taken from an airplane, April 24.
• A Novel French Aeroplane made by Givaudan. Scientific American, June 5.
• Some New American Aeroplanes Scientific American, June 5.
• Recent French Aeroplanes and Their Performances Scientific American, June 26.
• Glenn Curtiss wins Gordon Bennett Cup, Rheims, Aug. 28.

1911

• Wild Designs in Flying Machines. Scientific American, October 14.

1912

• What Mouillard Did by Wilbur Wright. Aero Club of America Bulletin, May.