It was built by Félix du Temple in 1874, and it was called the 'Du Temple Monoplane'.
1903 The Wrights didn't invent the first airplane. -They built and flew the first powered, controllable aircraft. -Many men had built different aircraft before them, but none were successful at long, controlled flight.
The first powered aeroplane built that actually flew was made by Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1903. But there were unpowered gliders built by people like Otto Lilienthal before this time that were able to fly (or glide)
The Wright brothers
Both of the Wrights flew their first successful powered flights in 1903.
Richtohefen flew a number of aircraft built by Fokker, Albatross, Halberstadt
The Wright brothers built and flew a powered aircraft in 1903. However many people still dispute that they were first to do so.
A custom built single engine, single seat monoplane.
The Wright brothers built and flew gliders before their first successful powered flight.
1903 The Wrights didn't invent the first airplane. -They built and flew the first powered, controllable aircraft. -Many men had built different aircraft before them, but none were successful at long, controlled flight.
The first powered aircraft with a name seems to be the "Wright Flyer I" ... although they built and flew many gliders before that.
James Steward did it
The Wright brother built the first functional airplane and flew it in Kitty Hawk, NC.
The first powered aeroplane built that actually flew was made by Wilbur and Orville Wright in 1903. But there were unpowered gliders built by people like Otto Lilienthal before this time that were able to fly (or glide)
Orville Wright (1871-1948)
Gustav Weisskopf also known as Gustave Whitehead flew in 1901. He may have the first. I don't know of anyone who made a powered heaver than air flight be fore that.
Orville Wright was the first to fly a engine-powered airplane. He flew a small bi-plane and flew for a few minutes. He and his brother Wilbur Wright developed this airplane.
Traian Vuia - (August 17, 1872 - September 3, 1950) was a Romanian inventor, who designed, built and flew the first self-propelling heavier-than-air aircraft in Europe, in 1906.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traian_Vuia