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

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