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Re: Aircraft Flying

From: Alain Braut <alain~at~brautdurand.net>
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 11:12:41 +0100 (added by postmaster~at~libertysurf.fr)
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Norman,

Since a long time, there is an interrogation about the first person to fly: WRIGHT brothers (Orville and Wilbur) or Clement ADER (not Louis Bleriot). It's sure that Ader's fly is done the 9th october 1890, with the first plane, and Wright's fly the on 17th december 1903. But Ader's fly is not considered Ok by many persons because it is a small fly called "jump of chip".
But I think it's not just, because it's the first fly on a plane.


Alain BRAUT

> if Verne ever had the opportunity to learn of the Wright brother's flight
> in 1903.

 And of course in Europe it is considered that
> Bleriot was the first person to "fly" a heavier than air aircraft, and
> that was not until 1906. And it was not until 1959 that the US finally
> recognized 1903 as the first flight, officially.
> N Wolcott nwolcott2~at~post.harvard.edu
Received on Sat 29 Jan 2005 - 12:12:46 IST

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