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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1912:

1 Events

• First all-metal aircraft flies, the Tubavion monoplane built by Ponche and Maurice Primard in France.
• The first Bulgarian air force is formed, using Blériot and Bristol aircraft to fight in the Balkan War.

January

• January 10January 10 is the 10th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 355 days remaining (356 in leap years). Events 49 BC Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon which signaled civil war. 1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo. 1776 Thomas Paine publishes - Lt Cdr Charles Samson flies a Short S.38 from the deck of battleshipThis article is about a battleship as a type of warship. See also Battleship (game). Dreadnought redirects here. See also Workers' Dreadnought. In naval history, battleships were the most heavily armed and armored warships afloat. In the mid- 20th century HMS AfricaSix ships of the British Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Africa after the continent of Africa. The first Africa was a 46-gun ship in service from 1694 to 1696, but about which little more is known. The second Africa 64 was a 64-gun third-rate in serv, becoming the first British naval aviator.

February

• February 22February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 312 days remaining, 313 in leap years. Events 1290s BC The coronation of Ramses II, on whose face the sun's rays fall each year in Abu Simbel temple. 1281 Martin IV becomes Pop - Jules Vedrines becomes the first pilot to exceed 100 miles per hour (161 km/h). He makes his flight in a Deperdussin monoplane near PauPau is a city of southwestern France, prefecture (capital) of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement''. Population (1999): 78,732. Pau was the capital of the former province of Bearn. The chateau was the birthplace of Henry IV of France ( 1553- 1610) and of, France.

March

• Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump out of an aeroplane in St. Louis (USA).

April

• April 22April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). There are 253 days remaining. Events 1500 Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil. 1509 Henry VIII ascends to the throne of - Englishman Denys Corbett Wilson makes the first aeroplane crossing from Britain to Ireland.

May

• May 9May 9 is the 129th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (130th in leap years). There are 236 days remaining. Events 328 Athanasius elected bishop of Alexandria. 1092 Lincoln Cathedral is consecrated. 1429 Joan of Arc defeats the English troops besieg - Lt Cdr Charles Samson becomes the first person to fly an aircraft off the deck of a moving ship. He takes off in a Short S.38 from the deck of HMS HiberniaHMS Hibernia a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Latin name of Ireland. Hibernia..
• May 13 - King George V approves the formation of the Royal Flying Corps.

June

• Sopwith Aviation Company founded
• June 1 - The first aeroplane flight in Norway is made by Lt Hans Dons in a Etrich Taube.
• June 2 - The Lewis machine gun is first tested in an aircraft by the US Army. The results are extremely encouraging, and this weapon would go on to become the standard armament of many fighter aircraft during World War I.
• June 19 - The RFC's Central Flying School opened at Upavon, Wiltshire.
• June 27 - Following successes using aircraft against the Turks in North Africa, Italy forms a specialised Air Battalion (Battagliore Aviatori).

July

• July 1 - Harriet Quimby, the first licensed female pilot in the United States, as part of an Air Show spectacular flew around the Boston Light . During the flight, her Berliot plane was caught in turbulent air and nose-dived, plummeting both Quimby and a meet organizer passenger to their deaths in Dorchester Bay .
• July 2 - The Danish Air Force is established as an army air corps.

September

• September 8 - The Argentine air force is formed as a flying school at Palomar .

November

• November 12 - A Curtiss Triad becomes the first aircraft to be launched by catapult, at the US Navy's Washington Navy Yard.
• November 19 - Italy's colonial air force is established as the Servizio d'Aviazione Coloniale .
• November 28 - The Italian Air Battalion is made a fully operational command, the (Flotta Aerea d'Italia).