Claims to the first powered flight
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Claims to the first powered flight
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Several aviators have been claimed to be the first to fly a powered aeroplane. Much controversy surrounds these claims. It is generally accepted today that the Wright brothers were the first to achieve sustained and controlled powered manned flight, in 1903. It is popularly held in Brazil that their native citizen Alberto Santos-Dumont was the first successful aviator, discounting the Wright brothers' claim because their Flyer took off from a rail, and in later flights would sometimes employ a c
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Overview of claims to the first powered airplane flight
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claims_to_the_first_powered_flight
date created:
2014-06-13T11:35:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:23:55Z
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