HISTORY OF AEROLANE
HISTORY OF AEROPLANE The inventors of the first airplane were Orville and Wilbur Wright. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment in which a machine (aka airplane) carrying a man rose by its own power, flew naturally and at even speed, and descended without damage. What is an Airplane? Most of us only have to look up into the sky to see an airplane, and many of us have traveled by airplane to places that would have taken much longer by any other means of transportation . An airplane by definition is an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets. Before the Wright Brothers - History of Flight However, before the first airplane was invented by the Wright Brothers, inventors made numerous attempts to make like the birds and fly. These early inventions included kites, hot air balloons, airships, gliders, and other devices. Orville Wright & Wilbur Wright - First Piloted & Powered Airplane "Flight is possible to