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  1. On 21 November 1783, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent d’Arlandes took to the skies on what is widely hailed as the first truly successful, manned hot air balloon flight. The model was designed by the famed Montgolfier Brothers, and the widely publicised flight lasted for about 20 minutes above Paris.
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    First powered flight claims are made for Clément Ader, Gustave Whitehead, Richard Pearse, and Karl Jatho for their variously documented tests in years prior to and including 1903. Claims that the first true flight occurred after 1903 are made for Traian Vuia and Alberto Santos-Dumont.
    Claims that the first true flight occurred after 1903 are made for Traian Vuia and Alberto Santos-Dumont. Supporters of the post-Wright pioneers argue that techniques used by the Wright brothers disqualify them as first to make successful airplane flights.
    In 1904, Gustave Whitehead was photographed with his 1901 machine — on the ground. NASM, SI-2002-29482 The possibility that someone may have flown a powered airplane before the Wright brothers is back in the news. Over the years a number of candidates have been suggested for first-flight honors.
    Some New Zealanders argue that Richard Pearse made a powered flight as early as the spring of 1903—months before the Wrights’ first flight on December 17—even though Pearse himself remarked that he had not begun his experiments until 1904, and then only after being inspired by news accounts of the Wright brothers.
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  8. Wright brothers - Wikipedia

    WEBThe Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the …

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  10. The Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk | National Air and …

    WEBJun 23, 2022 · At 10:35 a.m., on December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made history in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, when they made the first powered, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air flying machine, a …

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