The Wright Bros, Dec 17th 1903, flew 4 times: the last for over 250 Meters. Theirs is officially recognized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) as being the first controlled, powered, sustained (from takeoff to landing) flight involving a heavier-than-air vehicle, using mechanically unassisted takeoff.
In a Montgolfier bros balloon, DeRozier rose above the ground in France, before the revolution.
Richard Pearse of NZ reportedly flew in March 1903, Pearse later claimed his experiments were made in 1904 and were unsuccessful.
Alberto Santos-Dumont (Brasil) made the first public flight of an airplane in Europe, in Paris in October of 1906. Prior to that, he made a powered dirigible airship that flew around the Eiffel Tower. (1901)
Before an official French Military Commision, Clement Ader attempted a flight at on October 14, 1897. Some witnesses contend that the Avion rolled, took off towards the sky and, before the official commission, flew a distance of more than 300 yards (300 m), while others contend that the Avion III crashed before even taking off. In any event, the commission was not impressed and withdrew its funding.
2006-10-06 05:56:59
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answered by Holden 5
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Most people consider the first flight of any kind to be the hot air balloon flown by the Montgolfier brothers in France on November 21, 1783.
Most people consider the first airplane flight to be that of the Wright brothers in the United States on December 17, 1903
2006-10-06 03:06:17
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answered by campbelp2002 7
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The commonly given date, in an age where the US dominates politics and world economy, is: in the US, by the Wright brothers, on 17 december 1903.
However the Frenchman Clement Ader had an airplane fly for about 300 yards and at maybe 2 feet above ground, back on October 14th 1897. (powered by a steam engine!)
In October 1906, the Brazilian Santos Dumont flew with his airplane in Paris. Yes this was nearly 3 years later than the Wright brothers. But the big difference is that his airplane was the first real airplane, in that it took off w/o the help of terrain, wind, catapults (routinely used by the brothers). And it landed on proper landing gear. (Yes, I know, by then the Wright brothers's airplane could fly for miles and miles, not just a few hundred meters, so it was technically superior, even if it still required assistance for take off).
If Brazil was a superpower today, surely no one would mention the Wright brothers, because their plane(s) couldn't take off by themselves, and had no landing gear but rather slided on their bellies.
If France was as powerful as the French would like for it to be, everyone would be mentioning Ader, who achieved the first heavier than air powered flight in history (and his plane also took off by its own power, and had a landing gear).
2006-10-06 01:57:15
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answered by AntoineBachmann 5
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The first flight was made by an insect, but nobody knows exactly where or when this happened.
The Wright brothers made the first accepted powered flight but unpowered flight had already been achieved before this. Sucked in yanks!
2006-10-06 00:51:35
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answered by uselessadvice 4
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Depends on how you define flight? Manned flight? Manned sustained powered flight? Balloon flight?. Most point to Kill Devils Hills in North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur. Others have claimed to have flown sooner, but with no real evidence.
2006-10-06 00:56:51
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answered by Nomadd 7
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Contrary to popular belief, the first documented flight by man in a motorised aircraft was made in New Zealand!
2006-10-06 00:58:03
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answered by Fossil 2
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Americans will say America, but there was actually 2 countries that did it the same year. I forget the other country, but I think it was in South America.
2006-10-06 01:09:01
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answered by TotalSmashism 3
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In America by the Wright brothers.
2006-10-06 01:48:24
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answered by Krissy 6
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America.
Wright Brothers at Kittyhawk.
2006-10-06 00:48:41
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answered by Anonymous
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