> Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> >> Arrogant anglophone. The aeroplane was not invented
> >> in the USA :-/
> >
> > Who flew the first plane, then?
> >
> The first public flight by a self-propelled, heavier-
> than-air vehicle was by Alberto Santos-Dumont, in
> Paris.
>
> Alberto Monteiro
http://educate.si.edu/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html
It was on November 12th, 1906 that Santos Dumont�s airplane, the 14-BIS,
flew a distance of 220 meters at the height of 6 meters and at the speed of
37,358 km/h.
http://www.hfmgv.org/histories/wright/wrights.html
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur tried to fly the machine first but stalled it
on takeoff. The brothers then flipped a coin to determine who would pilot
the machine next. Orville won the toss. At 10:35 a.m., he made the first
heavier-than-air, machine-powered flight in the history of the world. In a
flight lasting only 12 seconds and covering just 120 feet, Orville did what
men and women had only dreamed of doing for centuries, . . . he flew.
Sorry Alberto, looks like the Wright brothers beat your namesake by 3 years.
Charlie
