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Nobody 'invented' the first airplane - they were developed after much trial and many errors in the USA, France, Britain and other countries all through the late 1890's. MANY inventors across the world invented and flew short flights in aircraft before the Wright brothers.

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The first heavier than air, powered aircraft that took off from flat ground (not a ramp or rails) was Clement Ader's Eole in 1890. It was a large bat like aircraft with a light weight steam engine, and room for one pilot. It flew once in view of the French army, getting about a foot off the ground for 500 metres. It was not fully controlable, though.

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