1902 in aviation Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1902:
January
- January 17 - Gustave Whitehead reportedly flies a flying boat rebuilt from his Whitehead Aeroplane No. 21 of the previous year on an 11 km (7 mile) flight and lands safely. Due to a lack of evidence, this claim is usually regarded as dubious.
- February 4 - First balloon flight in Antarctica when Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton ascend to 244 metres in a tethered hydrogen balloon to take the first Antarctic aerial photographs.
- Professor Erich von Drygalski's 1901-1903 German Antarctic Expedition uses a balloon to survey the Antarctic coast of Wilhelm II Land.
- March 31 - Richard Pearse makes a flight generally claimed to be around 350 feet (107 m) (although other figures vary between 50 ft and 400 ft) on his farm at upper Waitohi, in south Canterbury, New Zealand. The experiment ends with the aircraft lodged in a hedge. Note: some sources date this flight March 31, 1903. Most recent publications accept the 1902 date.
- April 30 - The St Louis Aeronautical Exposition opens in Missouri. A highlight is Octave Chanute launching a replica of his 1896 glider.
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