List of early flying machines

List of early flying machines

This is a listing of early flying machines.

Claims regarding early flying machines vary in countries, books and encyclopedias. They all use different criteria when considering, among others, the validity of a claim, and the meaning of the phrase "flying machine". These and other controversial issues are discussed in first flying machine.

In this list, various advancements are presented, including actual flying machines, prototypes, models, designs or important pieces of literature. But note that some of this information is disputed by some sources.

Historic records

Literature, myth or designs only

ee also

*Timeline of aviation
*Aviation history
*Accidents and incidents in aviation
*World War I Aviation
*Vaimanika Shastra

References

External links

* [http://www.weisskopf.de/museume.htm The Aviation Pioneer Gustav Weißkopf Museum]
* [http://dougmalan.com/?p=56 Douglas S. Malan article]
* [http://www.weisskopf.de/ Gustav Weisskopf 1. Motorflug der Welt 1901]
* [http://www.gustavewhitehead.org/ Gustave Whitehead's Flying Machines]
* [http://www.weisskopf.de/zeittafel.htm Timetable of Whitehead's life]
* [http://www.flyingmachines.org/gwhtd.html Flying Machines — Gustave Whitehead]
* [http://airsports.fai.org/jun98/jun9805.html Air Sports International — Did He Actually Fly Before The Wright Brothers?]
* [http://www.historynet.com/air_sea/aviation_history/3032816.html?page=1&c=y History Net article]
* [http://gustavewhitehead.org/the_record.html Why Whitehead received little recognition in life.]
*Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company, text of news articles: [http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/History%20of%20Airplane/whiteheadarticles.htm "Popular Aviation" (1935), "Bridgeport Herald" (1901)] and [http://www.first-to-fly.com/History/History%20of%20Airplane/Whitehead.htm August 2001 issue of WWI Aero Magazine]
* [http://www.flyingmachines.org/ Listing and descriptions of pre-wright flying machines]
* [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Prehistory/PH-OV.htm Prehistory of Flight]
* [http://www.wwbirthplace.com Wilbur Wright Birthplace Museum]
* [http://www.wright-brothers.org Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company]
* [http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/inventors/i/Wrights/library/Aeronautical.html Some Aeronautical Experiments] by Wilbur Wright, to Western Society of Engineers Sept. 18, 1901
* [http://www.fi.edu/wright/ Wright Aeronautical Engineering Collection]
* [http://firstflight.open.ac.uk FirstFlight - flight simulation, videos and experiments]
* [http://www.outerbanks.com/wrightbrothers/photographs/ Kitty Hawk - Kill Devil Hills Wright Brothers Photographs 1900–1911 - Library of Congress]
* [http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/planetruth.html Plane truth: list of greatest technical breakthroughs in manned flight]
* [http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/moviesandphotos/index.html Video clips about the invention of the fixed-wing aircraft]
* [http://www.thefirsttofly.hpg.ig.com.br/pioneer2.htm About Santos Dumont first flight in Paris, with the "14-bis"]
* [http://www.flyingmachines.org/ The Pioneer Aviation Group web site] contains many pictures of early flying machines and a comprehensive chronology of flight attempts
* [http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/i/Wrights/WrightUSPatent/WrightPatent.html HTML version of the Wright brothers' original patent]
* [http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/taleplane.html Analysis of Wright Brothers' work]
* [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/ U.S. Centennial of Flight] 2003 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first flight
* [http://www.rtptv.homestead.com/rtpwrightbrothers.html AeroSpace Show - RTP-TV] 2003 Video Tour of Wright Brothers Monument at Kill Devil Hills
* [http://www.immediart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=46_52&products_id=178 New Scientist Magazine] Scientific Firsts: Print of Wright Flyer in France 1907
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wright/ PBS Nova: The Wright Brothers' Flying Machines]
* [http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/Wright_Flyer_III_1905.cfm 1905 Wright Flyer III]
* [http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/ National Park Service, Wright Brothers' Memorial]
* [http://www.failuremag.com/arch_science_wright_brothers.html "Get Your Wings"] - Failure Magazine (Apr. 03) - On the Centennial of First Flight, Rediscover the Remarkable Achievements of the Wright Brothers
* [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/wright/index.html Smithsonian Stories of the Wright flights]
* [http://www.picture-history.com/wright-brothers-index-001.htm Photographic Record of the Wright Brothers]
* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=000E2A9A-2E05-1FA8-AE0583414B7F0000 Scientific American Magazine (December 2003 Issue) The Equivocal Success of the Wright Brothers]
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Wright+Brothers&hl=en Wright Brothers videos and archive films on Google Video]
* [http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/AnnalsofFlight/pdf_hi/SAOF-0005.pdf "The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design"] by Leonard S. Hobbs, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971* [http://www.wwbirthplace.com Wilbur Wright Birthplace Museum]
* [http://www.wright-brothers.org Wright Brothers Aeroplane Company]
* [http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/inventors/i/Wrights/library/Aeronautical.html Some Aeronautical Experiments] by Wilbur Wright, to Western Society of Engineers Sept. 18, 1901
* [http://www.fi.edu/wright/ Wright Aeronautical Engineering Collection]
* [http://firstflight.open.ac.uk FirstFlight - flight simulation, videos and experiments]
* [http://www.outerbanks.com/wrightbrothers/photographs/ Kitty Hawk - Kill Devil Hills Wright Brothers Photographs 1900–1911 - Library of Congress]
* [http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/planetruth.html Plane truth: list of greatest technical breakthroughs in manned flight]
* [http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/moviesandphotos/index.html Video clips about the invention of the fixed-wing aircraft]
* [http://www.thefirsttofly.hpg.ig.com.br/pioneer2.htm About Santos Dumont first flight in Paris, with the "14-bis"]
* [http://www.flyingmachines.org/ The Pioneer Aviation Group web site] contains many pictures of early flying machines and a comprehensive chronology of flight attempts
* [http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/i/Wrights/WrightUSPatent/WrightPatent.html HTML version of the Wright brothers' original patent]
* [http://www.wright-house.com/wright-brothers/taleplane.html Analysis of Wright Brothers' work]
* [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/ U.S. Centennial of Flight] 2003 celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first flight
* [http://www.rtptv.homestead.com/rtpwrightbrothers.html AeroSpace Show - RTP-TV] 2003 Video Tour of Wright Brothers Monument at Kill Devil Hills
* [http://www.immediart.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=46_52&products_id=178 New Scientist Magazine] Scientific Firsts: Print of Wright Flyer in France 1907
* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/wright/ PBS Nova: The Wright Brothers' Flying Machines]
* [http://www.asme.org/Communities/History/Landmarks/Wright_Flyer_III_1905.cfm 1905 Wright Flyer III]
* [http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/ National Park Service, Wright Brothers' Memorial]
* [http://www.failuremag.com/arch_science_wright_brothers.html "Get Your Wings"] - Failure Magazine (Apr. 03) - On the Centennial of First Flight, Rediscover the Remarkable Achievements of the Wright Brothers
* [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/wright/index.html Smithsonian Stories of the Wright flights]
* [http://www.picture-history.com/wright-brothers-index-001.htm Photographic Record of the Wright Brothers]
* [http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&articleID=000E2A9A-2E05-1FA8-AE0583414B7F0000 Scientific American Magazine (December 2003 Issue) The Equivocal Success of the Wright Brothers]
* [http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=Wright+Brothers&hl=en Wright Brothers videos and archive films on Google Video]
* [http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/AnnalsofFlight/pdf_hi/SAOF-0005.pdf "The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design"] by Leonard S. Hobbs, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971


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