By: GASML - 21st September 2005 at 09:53
The original triplane model is said to have flown at Crystal Palace in 1848, although of course, he never got to build a full-size person carrying aeroplane.
For more info check out: http://www.flyingmachines.org/strng.html
By: Rlangham - 20th September 2005 at 21:56
According to the program the real one actually flew, is this true? This would of course make it the first successful powered flight, although it doesn’t make it clear whether it was just a short hop off the ground. I heard that the Wright Brothers only gave their plane to the Smithsonian on the condition that theres was recognised as the first powered flight, so this would stop it being more well known (also heard about a powered flight in Russia 1900/1901 as well)
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September 20, 2005 at 8:29 pm