There were a number of reasons: the use of advanced composites in aircraft construction; variable camber wing surfaces; a forward-swept wing and a thin supercritical aerofoil; strake flaps; close-coupled canards; and a computerized fly-by-wire flight control system to maintain control of the otherwise unstable aircraft.
Their first fully practical airplane was built in 1905. (Their first powered, sustained and controlled airplane was built in 1903.)
George Cayley built the first glider, Clement Ader built the first self powered airplane, and Wilbur & Orville Wright built the first self powered and controllable airplane.
The Wright brother built the first functional airplane and flew it in Kitty Hawk, NC.
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The Wright Brothers in the early 1900's, who also built the first airplane
The blimp was invented before the airplane. In 1852 Henri Giffard successfully built the first powered airship and in 1903 The Wright brothers successfully built the first powered airplane.
The Cessna 152 American airplane is a two-seat general aviation airplane. It was first introduced in 1977 and built by the company Cessna. Its top speed was 203 km/h.
Clyde Cessna built his first Cessna in 1911
The Glenn Curtiss company built the famous Jenny trainer.
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