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  2. Early flying machines - Wikipedia

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    A 1786 depiction of the Montgolfier brothers ' balloon. Early flying machines include all forms of aircraft studied or constructed before the development of the modern aeroplane by 1910. The story of modern flight begins more than a century before the first successful manned aeroplane, and the earliest aircraft thousands of years before.

  3. History of aviation - Wikipedia

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    The years between World War I and World War II saw great advancements in aircraft technology. Airplanes evolved from low-powered biplanes made from wood and fabric to sleek, high-powered monoplanes made of aluminium, based primarily on the founding work of Hugo Junkers during the World War I period and its adoption by American designer William ...

  4. List of aviation pioneers - Wikipedia

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    Propeller. With his brother, built a monoplane which (accelerating down a slope) “staggered briefly into the air” (1874), [2] considered by some to be the powered take-off [74] or hop of a powered fixed-wing aircraft. [75][76] Bertram Dickson. 21 Dec 1873.

  5. Aviation in the pioneer era - Wikipedia

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    Aviation in the pioneer era. The pioneer era of aviation was the period of aviation history between the first successful powered flight, generally accepted to have been made by the Wright Brothers on 17 December 1903, and the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914. Once the principles of powered controlled flight had been established ...

  6. List of aircraft (pre-1914) - Wikipedia

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    1867 Teleshov Delta (rocket engined) 1868 Le Bris Albatross II glider. 1868 Stringfellow Triplane. 1869 Marriott Avitor airship. 1870 Penaud Helicopter [ 1 ] 1871 Penaud Planophore [ 1 ] 1871 Pomes & Pauze Helicopter (rocket rotor engined) 1871 Rykachev Helicopter. 1872 De Lome Airship.

  7. Wright brothers - Wikipedia

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    The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane. [3][4][5] They made the first controlled, sustained flight of an engine-powered, heavier ...

  8. List of aircraft by date and usage category - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of aircraft by date and usage.The date shown is the introduction of the first model of a line but not the current model. For instance, while "the most popular" aircraft, such as Boeing 737 and 747 were introduced in 1960x, their recent models were revealed in the 21st century.

  9. List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)

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    A US Navy HSS-1 Seabat of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Two (HS-2) aboard aircraft carrier Yorktown, circa 1959. A US Marine Corps F4H-1 Phantom II jet of Marine All-Weather Fighter Squadron 314 (VMF (AW)-314) firing an AIM-7 Sparrow missile, circa 1961. This list of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962) includes prototype ...