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Who invented the sailplane?

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Glenn Curtiss had a (Hydroplane) as he called Seaplanes out around l909. These used the time-honored (then) Interplane field struts or outboard ailerons-invented by Curtiss that gave the craft the appearance of a Triplane viewed head-on. they ran between the wings , hence Interplane.

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The first seaplane was invented by Henri Fabre in 1910. The first successful water take off was on March 28, 1910 in Martinque, France.

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Glenn Curtiss did

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Sir George Cayley

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