When was the airplane invented?

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Alberto Santos Dumont of Brazil invented the...."first aircraft to take off, fly and land without the use of catapults, high winds, or other external assistance"..he did so in 1906.

The aviation world (of which Paris, France was the centre at the time) officially ratified Dumont accomplishment as the first successful flight.

Actually, man first flew in the 1750s...in a balloon. Others flew heavier-than-air craft prior to the flight mentioned above. The Wrights were NOT the first to fly except within very specific criteria.

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