1913

Gnome Engines Power Historic Flights

Time : 1913
Key date Corporate

First flight across the Mediterranean, by Roland Garros, and first loops flown (by Pyotr Nesterov and Adolphe Pégoud). What these firsts have in common is that the aircraft are powered by Gnome engines.

Other dates
1911
Hispano-Suiza Enters Aviation
1913
Gnome Engines Power Historic Flights
1920
Messier Joins the Aviation Industry
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