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heavier-than-air craft::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | aircraft |
| Has types | airplane, autogiro, autogyro, chopper, drone, eggbeater, glider, gyroplane, helicopter, military plane, ornithopter, orthopter, pilotless aircraft, plane, radio-controlled aircraft, sailplane, warplane, aeroplane, whirlybird |
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The first heavier-than-air craft capable of controlled free-flight were gliders.
From the en.wikipedia.org
This was the first recorded flight carrying a passenger of any heavier-than-air craft in Canada.
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Historians credit the brothers with the world's first sustained powered flight by a heavier-than-air craft.
From the foxnews.com
By the way, Santos Dumont first flight in a heavier than air craft was recorded in a short movie three years before the Wright bros.
From the economist.com
Orville Wright made the world's first manned, powered and, most importantly, controlled flight of a heavier-than-air craft.
From the newscientist.com
On the same day Florence Taylor becomes the first woman in Australia to fly a heavier-than-air craft, in the glider designed by her husband.
From the en.wikipedia.org
A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called airplane, is a heavier-than-air craft where movement of the air in relation to the wings is used to generate lift.
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There is Orville Wright, supine and centered on the lower wing of the fragile heavier-than-air craft, gliding a few feet above the flat sands near Kill Devil Hill.
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