page_title: 1901 in aviation
section_title: Events
hierarchical_section_title: 1901 in aviation / Events
caption_attribution_description: English: Santo Dumont circles the Eiffel Tower on 13 July 1901 in Dirigible No. 5 Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Identifier: annualreportofbo1901smit (find matches) Year: 1846 (1840s) Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary Subjects: Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science Publisher: Washington&#160;: Smithsonian Institution Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: Smithsonian Report, 1901.—Lyle. Plate I Text Appearing After Image: The Air Ship "Santos Dumont V" circling the Eiffel Tower. "Bringing together man's two ways of getting into the air, the one from a century just closed, the other from a century just beginning." [The balloon was really no higher than the second platform; but the camera, pointed upward, made it appear to be near the top.] Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
context_page_description: This is a list of aviation-related events from 1901:
context_section_description: At the start of the 20th century, the French Navy is a major user of shipboard balloons and man-lifting kites.
  The French Navy torpedo boat tender Foudre operates a spherical balloon experimentally during naval maneuvers in the Mediterranean Sea.
caption: Santos-Dumont at the Eiffel Tower.
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