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October 15, 1910
On October 15, 1910, airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
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Featured · October 15, 1910
Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft.
The America was a non-rigid airship built by Louis Mutin Godard in France in 1906 for the journalist Walter Wellman's attempt to reach the North Pole by air. Wellman first conceived of using a balloon to fly to the pole during a failed polar attempt by boat and sledge from Svalbard in 1894. He then visited Paris to review the state of balloon technology but left disappointed by the lack of acceptable steering and propulsion capability.
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The year in brief
1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1910th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 910th year of the 2nd millennium, the 10th year of the 20th…
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On October 15, 1910
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1910 Airship America is launched from New Jersey in the first attempt to cross the Atlantic by a powered aircraft. Blimp used by Walter Wellman (1906–10)
The America was a non-rigid airship built by Louis Mutin Godard in France in 1906 for the journalist Walter Wellman's attempt to reach the North Pole by air. Wellman first conceived of using a balloon to fly to the pole during a failed polar attempt by boat and sledge from Svalbard in 1894. He then visited Paris to review the state of balloon technology but left disappointed by the lack of acceptable steering and propulsion capability.
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Other moments from 1910
- April 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
- April 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
- April 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
- April 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
- April 5 The Transandine Railway connecting Chile and Argentina is inaugurated.
- August 20 Extreme fire weather in the Inland Northwest of the United States causes many small wildfires to coalesce into the Great Fire of 1910, burning approximately 3 million acres (12,000 km2) and killing 87 people.
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