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Originally posted by Digo


do you guys think that the first heavier-than-air airplane that could take off and fly was the Wright brothers airplane?
It wasn't.


Wrong! The Wright brothers flew in 1903, Dumont flew in 1906. Dumont may have been the first in Europe, but the Wright brothers were three years earlier. Can you guess were the Wright Brothers are from?

P.S. Dumont lived in France.
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