Dan Townsend
2006-08-17 04:56:03
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answered by Anonymous
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Clement Ader designed three powered airplanes, the Eole, the Avion II, and the Avion III. The Eole made a brief flight of 50 meters on October 9, 1890. The Avion II was never completed. The Avion III never flew. In 1906, following publicity about the Wright brothers' success, Ader made the rather pathetic claim that the Avion III had flown 300 meters in 1897. A small group of Europeans, who sought to minimize the Wrights role in the invention of the airplane, promoted this claim for selfish reasons. Gibbs-Smith finally wrote a monograph disproving the claim for once and for all.
Rich lawyer and sportsman, the French Archdeacon created the Aéro-Club de France in response to Chanute's "dinner-conférence" in March, 1903. Archdeacon built a copy of the Wright No. 3 glider, but had only limited success. Archdeacon was soon joined by Gabriel Voisin, who developed and sold many early aircraft.
The A.E.A. was an American group formed in 1907 by Alexander Graham Bell. Members included F. W. (Casey) Baldwin, J. A. D. McCurdy, Lt. T. E. Selfridge, and Glenn H. Curtiss. Bell explored the development of airplanes based on tetrahedral cells in a large kite framework as a way of circumventing the Wright patents. The other members favored more traditional designs. Curtiss was quite successful in developing effective airplanes, but became one of the chief Wright adversaries when he deliberately violated their patent rights. He and Albert Zahm carried out a long campaign to discredit the Wrights which has been remarkably effective, even to this day.
2006-08-17 12:03:17
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answered by adapoda 3
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Your question implies that non-powered aircraft should be considered.
After the mythical Daedelus, who is supposed to have strapped wings to his arms, only to perish when he got to close to the sun,
"The next millennia brought many stories of human flight. Claimed successes include human-carrying kites in China and the canvas hang glider of the Moorish inventor Armen Firman in the year 852 A.D.
And also from another online source, "During the 9th century, the Muslim Moors Armen Firman and Abbas Qasim Ibn Firnas are known to have built and flown gliders."
2006-08-17 11:57:27
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answered by © 2007. Sammy Z. 6
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THe Wright Brothers were NOT the first to build an aircraft.
DaVinci actually had drawings showing the requirements for flight.
/BTW...Wikipedia is a very un-reliable source
2006-08-17 12:24:00
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answered by mnm75932 3
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Wright brothers invented the airoplane first & then many a people made many a changes, modified design & technological development helped a lot, hence the current, modern flying machines R there today.
2006-08-17 12:13:23
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answered by JD 4
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The generally accepted answer is the Wright brothers. But there is some evidence to indicate that Bleriot or Ader may actually have flown first.
Doug
2006-08-17 12:37:00
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answered by doug_donaghue 7
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The kite was invented about 2500 years ago in asia. It apparently was invented several times independently. We have no exact record of who or when.
2006-08-17 15:19:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Indian mythology says its Brahma who invented the flying machine, in form of the the PAVANA RATH(flying chariot)
In modern world, who can forget the WRIGHT BROTHERS for their marvellous invention!
2006-08-17 12:00:38
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answer #8
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answered by stoneman 3
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wright brothers
2006-08-17 11:57:55
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answered by 15bangalorerocks! 2
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WRIGHT BROTHERS .
2006-08-17 12:02:43
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answered by Anonymous
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