Did the Wright Brother's fly before Santos Dumont?

Question

Santos Dumont was the first flight with witnesses, it was recorded, the replica worked (wright brothers' didn't work), Santos Dumont didn't use a catapult, he used the aircraft's own power. Now, why people keep saying that the Wright brothers flew on their own "power"?.. What arguments do you have against Santos Dumont?!..Remember the ones I said before supporting Santos Dumont.

I know SD flew on lighter then air machines, but in this case I was talking about the "14 bis". The first registred flight havier than air.
The have videos from it and everything...quite different from the wright brothers....

Answer 1

You forgot to mention something significant, "Heavier than Air". The Wright brothers are credited for making the first controlled, powered, heavier-than-air human flight and Santos Dumont will need almost 3 more years to do this feat. By the time Santos Dumont makes his first heavier-than-air flight, the Wrights Flyers were taking off on their own power.

Santos Dumont might have flown before the Wrights, but it was not a heavier than air craft and many others have done that too before Dumont.

Since you had put some arguments in favor of SD, how about this? Is flight using "ground effect" comparable to free flight?

SD flew the 14 bis after the Wrights made their first unassisted take-off. So the mentioning of the 14 bis or the existence of a film doesnt change anything, the answer stays. SD loved being in the center of attention while the Wrights preferred their privacy.

Answer 2

It is likely that we can never say for sure who was the first man to fly. However, there is a curious fact. Almost 100 years after the deed of Santos Dumont, 14 Bis regained the heavens. Or almost: it is a replica, built by Colonel Danilo Paulista Flôres Fuchs, who flew his plane several times, including one in São Paulo in 1989, and another in Paris in 1991. "It is very stable and can reach greater distances of 1 km," says Fuchs. In the U.S., dreams-do the same with the Flyer. There is even a foundation, the Discovery of Flight Foundation, which is dedicated to studying the achievement of the Wright building replicas and trying to make them fly. Until today, they failed.

Answer 3

The Wrights have been first, in 1903. at that factor, Santos Dumont grew to become into flying warm air dirigibles, and not yet interested in havier than air vehicles. later on, around 1905, he desperate to start experimenting with airplanes, and in 1906 began flying.

Answer 4

On August 13, 1904, the Wrights made an unassisted take-off in their Flyer, two years before Dumont. Furthermore, the Wrights did not have personal wealth or government backing as did Dumont.

Answer 5

The Wrights did manage to maintain sustained flight under power, but it is true that there has been debate as to whether their first flight was a truly unassisted take off.

Answer 6

Fully a year before Dumont -- Dumont's flights were in lighter than air airships and he didn't try airplanes until 1904.

Answer 7

As much as the Wrights tried to keep things a secret, theirs was also witnessed. There was a life guard station further down the beach and their activities, always kept the life guards interested.