There's too much credit going to the Wright Brothers
Their plane required a headwind to take off at all, I mean yeah, props to them for getting off the ground at all
But who should get more credit is Alberto Santos-Dumont, his plane could actually fly with just its own power
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@troubleMoney I haven't looked in a while but aren't there a handful of people achieving flight before they did?
Seems that you really just need to be the first with media publicity. See also Colossus vs. ENIAC I suppose.
@BatElite There are a number of claims but none of those seem have been verified
The main contenders are Santos and the Wright brothers and that comes down to how you classify a flight
IMO if you can't take off under your own power then it doesn't count