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When was the airplane patented?

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Anonymous

9y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

The patent for the controls of the Wright Brothers' heavier-than-air flying machine was applied for in 1903 and granted in 1906. The aircraft design could not be patented because its form was already in use for gliders.

Note that in the patent, the word "aeroplane" (used for aircraft ever since) actually applied to each of the lifting wing surfaces, a curved form that imparted lift when moved through the air. This surface is today known as an "airfoil."

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