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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1906:
1 Events
March
- Traian Vuia: a short powered flight without headwind or catapult assisted takeoff. Not launched from a height.
September
- September 30 - The Gordon Bennett Trophy for ballooning is awarded for the first time. It goes to Lt Frank Lahm of the US Army, who flies 647 km (402 miles) in the ballooncards or flowers. A balloon is a flexible bag normally filled with air or gas. Some balloons are purely decorative, while others are used for specific purposes. Early balloons were made of dried animal bladders. Balloons as flying machines Large balloons United States .
October
- Alberto Santos-DumontSantos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat. From the archives of the Smithsonian Institution. Alberto Santos-Dumont ( July 20, 1873 July 23, 1932) was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. He built and flew many balloons and the first practical dirigible. His powe makes a powered flight without headwind or catapult assisted takeoff. Not launched from a height. Generally recognized as first to fly an aircraft in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se.
November
- The Voisin brothers test a floatplane on Enghien Lake .
- November 12November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. Events 764 Tibetan troops occupy Chang'an, the capital of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, for fifteen days. 1028 Future Byzantine empress Zoe marri - Alberto Santos-DumontSantos-Dumont in his trademark Panama hat. From the archives of the Smithsonian Institution. Alberto Santos-Dumont ( July 20, 1873 July 23, 1932) was a Brazilian aviation pioneer. He built and flew many balloons and the first practical dirigible. His powe makes what is generally accepted as the first powered, piloted flight in EuropeFor the band of the same name, see Europe (band . Europe is a continent forming the westermost part of the Eurasian supercontinent. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Se. He flies his 14-bis aircraft at Bagatelle, France in a 220 m (770 ft) flight that lasts 21 seconds.
2 First flights
January
- January 17 - Zeppelin LZ 2 (makes a forced landing and is destroyed in high winds the following day).
October
3 Entered service
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