Dumont´s plane took off, flew and landed by its own engine. The Wright brothers´ was catapulted, therefore it was not really flying, but paragliding. Dumont´s flight was seen, photographed, and witnessed by thousands of people in 23 October 1906, in Paris. Nobody saw Wright flying but his brother. The photo of their flight was published in 2008 only.
2006-10-12 01:12:47 · 7 answers · asked by milton 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The Wright brothers used the catapult only to get their plane up to flying speed. Once at speed, it flew on its own power.
The Wright brothers major accomplishment was not the ability of sustained flight but rather they were the first to have control of their plane by the technique they called "wing warping" the forerunner of flaps that all planes use today.
2006-10-12 01:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The Wright Brothers. Dumont did build an airship, which relies upon upon gasoline residences to attain flight, yet that's no longer an airplane. The Wrights flew their airplane formerly Dumont flew an airplane of his own introduction, the Wright's first flights weren't public, while Dumont's first airplane flight develop into.
2016-12-08 13:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just another story made up by France because they are mad that Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France 7 times in a row.
2006-10-12 02:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by Duluth06ChE 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No this is true but the wright brothers were the one that made the patent???
2006-10-12 09:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by JaxJagsFan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"The Wright brothers´ was catapulted, therefore it was not really flying"
That is possibly the dumbest sentence I have read on Yahoo Answers.
Get help.
2006-10-12 15:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by Prof. Frink 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
No, I did not know this..
What is your point ?
2006-10-12 01:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So, what's your question?
2006-10-12 01:21:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋