The Russians flew an aircraft in 1857! No no the Japanese had one flying in 1831!
So? The Chinese flew one in 731 In a message dated 3/26/2004 9:10:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I knew this!!! I believe there was also a New Zealander, Richard Pearce, > who is eye witnessed to have flown in March 1903. Check out: > http://www.nzedge.com/heroes/pearse.html > > At 03:02 AM 03/26/2004, you wrote: > >Did you know the Americans weren't even the first to build a successful > >aeroplane? > > > >The first aircraft built that flew successfully (note my strange word > >order :-) was built in 1896, in England. > > > >Unfortunately, it had to be rebuilt, and the first > successful flight was > >(iirc) 1912. -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
