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If you include gliders as aeroplanes, then (ignoring early anecdotal accounts), the first repeated glider flights took place around 1849 by George Cayley. Another pioneer aviator was Otto Lilienthal in the 1890s. These early machines had little endurance, and designs tended to copy bird features. Lilienthal's designs however did use a control frame, but the flight distances did not exceed 1000 ft.

The Wright Brothers did very extensive testing on model gliders to optimize the design of their early flying machines. And eventually these tests led to successful powered flight.

[Footnote. Are there any records of a repeat of the Wright Brothers early flight using the same materials?]
One of the Wright Brothers.
Wilbur Wright. Right?
Orville wright flew the first plane.

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