>From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>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
The Wright brothers successfully flew a heavier-than-air vehicle (an
airplane) in 1903 at Kitty Hawk.
http://www.kitty-hawk.com/history/
Brazil native Santos-Dumont had flown balloons and dirigibles before then,
but didn't successfully fly his heavier-than-air vehicle until September
7th, 1906 (first flight comparable to the Wright brothers was Sept. 13).
http://educate.si.edu/scitech/impacto/graphic/aviation/alberto.html
That would put Alberto Santos-Dumont's flight near Paris three years *after*
Wilber and Orville Wright's flight near Kitty Hawk, NC.
Reggie Bautista
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