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  2. Claims to the first powered flight - Wikipedia

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    Subsequent flights of both brothers that year went on to astonish the world and their early claims gained almost universal public recognition as legitimate. [ 5 ] Subsequent criticisms of the Wrights have included accusations of secrecy before coming to Europe in 1908, the use of a catapult-assisted launch, [ 37 ] and such a lack of aerodynamic ...

  3. Wright brothers - Wikipedia

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    The world's first power-driven heavier-than-air machine in which man made free, controlled, and sustained flight Invented and built by Wilbur and Orville Wright Flown by them at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina December 17, 1903 By original scientific research the Wright brothers discovered the principles of human flight

  4. Wright Flyer - Wikipedia

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    Invented and flown by brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, it marked the beginning of the pioneer era of aviation. The aircraft is a single-place biplane design with anhedral (drooping) wings, front double elevator (a canard) and rear double rudder. It used a 12 horsepower (9 kilowatts) gasoline engine powering two pusher propellers.

  5. Shivkar Bapuji Talpade - Wikipedia

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    The Hindi News channel Zee News aired a piece titled "Wright brothers wrong thhe" (the Wright brothers were wrong.) [1] [2] The segment claimed that Talpade's craft was the first modern aircraft in the world, and that it was the first drone. [2]

  6. Alberto Santos-Dumont - Wikipedia

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    Alberto Santos-Dumont, self-stylised as Alberto Santos=Dumont, [1] (20 July 1873 – 23 July 1932) was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, [2] [3] and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers ...

  7. Wright brothers patent war - Wikipedia

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    The Wright brothers patent war centers on the patent that the Wright brothers received for their method of airplane flight control. They were two Americans who are widely credited with inventing and building the world's first flyable airplane and making the first controlled, powered, and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.

  8. Airplane - Wikipedia

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    The Wright brothers invented and flew the first airplane in ... the world's biggest passenger aircraft from 1970 until it ... is a process that actually involves ...

  9. History of aviation - Wikipedia

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    The first jet aircraft to fly was the Heinkel He 178 (Germany), flown by Erich Warsitz in 1939, followed by the world's first operational jet aircraft, the Messerschmitt Me 262, in July 1942 and world's first jet-powered bomber, the Arado Ar 234, in June 1943.