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2. Claims to the first powered flight - Wikipedia

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   The flight was officially observed and verified by the Aéro-Club (later renamed the Aéro-Club de France). This won Santos-Dumont the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize for the first officially-observed flight of more than 25 meters. Aviation historians generally recognise it as the first powered flight in Europe.

3. History of aviation - Wikipedia

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   This well-documented event was the first flight verified by the Aéro-Club de France of a powered heavier-than-air machine in Europe and won the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize for the first officially observed flight greater than 25 m (82 ft). On 12 November 1906, Santos-Dumont set the first world record recognized by the Federation Aeronautique ...

4. List of firsts in aviation - Wikipedia

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   First flight by a turbojet-powered aircraft: was made with a Heinkel He 178, flown by Erich Warsitz on August 27, 1939. [201] First Ramjet powered flight: was made by Petr Yermolayevich Loginov in a Polikarpov I-15bisDM modified with 2 DM-2 ramjets on January 25, 1940, with prior flights being made in December without the ramjets being powered.

5. Santos-Dumont 14-bis - Wikipedia

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   In 1906, near Paris, the 14-bis made a manned powered flight that was the first to be publicly witnessed by a crowd and also filmed. [2] It was also the first powered flight by a non-Wright Brothers airplane aside from short powered "hops" by Clément Ader [3] and Traian Vuia. [4]

6. Early flying machines - Wikipedia

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   His flight was the first made by a powered heavier-than-air machine to be verified by the Aéro-Club de France, and won the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize for the first officially observed flight of more than 25 metres (82 ft). It later set the first world record recognized by the Federation Aeronautique Internationale by flying 220 metres (720 ft ...

7. List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia

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   Winner, Deutsch Prize (19 Oct 1901); [166] first powered winged aircraft flight in Europe (13 Sep 1906); [167] winner, Archdeacon Cup (23 Oct 1906) and Aéro-Club de France Prize (12 Nov 1906); [167] designed a light-weight monoplane Demoiselle and released the second variant (No. 20) from copyright or license (late 1909). [168] Ivan Sarić: 27 ...