Richard Pearse stated: "After Langley's failure in 1903 I was still of the opinion that aerial navigation was possible, and I started out to solve the problem about March, 1904. The Wrights started at about the same time."

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Richard Pearse stated: "After Langley's failure in 1903 I was still of the opinion that aerial navigation was possible, and I started out to solve the problem about March, 1904. The Wrights started at about the same time."

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Evening Star, Dunedin, 10 May 1915

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WHO INVENTED THE AEROPLANE?

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Aviation

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History of aviation
Contemporary Age
History of Technology

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Who made the first powered flight?

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We don't know for sure if Pearse's first airplane took off in 1903

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Errol Martyn suggests Pearse did not fly until long after the Wright Brothers

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