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Richard William Pearse (3 December 1877 – 29 July 1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who performed pioneering aviation experiments. Witnesses interviewed many years afterwards describe observing Pearse flying and landing a powered heavier-than-air machine on 31 March 1903, nine months before the Wright brothers flew.
Richard Pearse of New Zealand is credited by some in his country with making the first powered airplane flight on 31 March 1903. [41] He did not claim the feat himself and gave ambiguous information about the chronology of his work.
Richard Pearse in 1903. New Zealand inventor Richard Pearse is believed to have made a short, uncontrolled flight in a powered heavier-than-air machine. [20] References
11 May – Richard Pearse is claimed to have made a flight of around 1,000 yards (900 m), landing in the semi-dry bed of the Ōpihi River. 27 June – 19-year-old American socialite Aida de Acosta becomes the first woman to fly a powered aircraft solo when she pilots Santos-Dumont 's motorized dirigible , “No. 9”, from Paris to Château de ...
Richard Pearse: 3 Dec 1877 29 Jul 1953 New Zealand: Design Construction Aviator Propeller: Reportedly achieved powered (but poorly controlled) flight (31 Mar 1903). [145] [146] [nb 28] Horatio Phillips: 1845 1924 England: Science Design Construction Glider Propeller
1903 – Ford Motor Company produces its first car – the Ford Model A. A replica of Pearse's monoplane. 1903 – Richard Pearse of New Zealand supposedly successfully flew and landed a powered heavier-than-air machine on March 31, 1903 [54] Verifiable eyewitnesses describe Pearse crashing into a hedge on two separate occasions during 1903 ...
Richard Pearse, working in isolation in South Canterbury, built a monoplane powered by a two-cylinder engine. He may have attempted flights as early as 1901, and there is contested evidence that he made a significant powered 'hop' in 1903, before the Wright Brothers. [2]
1903. 31 March: Richard Pearse achieves semi-controlled flight near Timaru. 15 August: The New Zealand All Blacks play their first Rugby Test Match against Australia's Wallabies at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. New Zealand win, 22–3. 1904 1905. New Zealand rugby team tours England and becomes known as the ...