The Wright brothers are considered to be the inventors of airplanes in human history. 1903+ 17 On February 7th, they successfully tested the plane on an open beach not far from Xiaoying Village, North Carolina, USA, which opened a new era of human flight. My brother Wilbur Ritter was born in Millville, received four years of secondary education and received an honorary doctorate from Oberlin College. He was a member of American Aviation Club, and 1909 won the Gold Medal of French Academy of Sciences. Orville Wright, my brother, was born in Dayton, received secondary education and received honorary doctorates from the Royal Institute of Technology in Munich, Oberlin College, Harvard University and Yale University. He is a member of almost all aviation associations in the world. According to the history books of science and technology, the Wright brothers are brilliant, diligent and eager to learn, and have lofty ideals to forge ahead. Especially the famous German aviator Li Lintal (Otto 1848- 1896, the author of the book "Bird Flight is the Basis of Flight Technology") completed the first gliding flight of human beings after thousands of experiments, which was a great encouragement to the young Wright brothers. In order to realize the ideal of soaring in the sky, the Wright brothers studied aviation theory, mathematics and aerodynamics; On the other hand, through hard practice, simple small wind tunnel test and nearly a thousand flight tests, a manned biplane powered by internal combustion engine, with wood as the skeleton and canvas as the wing was finally designed and manufactured at 1903. In the same year, 65438+February 65438+July was successfully tested on Kitty Hawk. Although the flight time is less than one minute (59 seconds) and the flight distance is only 259 meters, it has left an indelible glorious page in the history of world flight. After the successful test flight, the Wright brothers continued their efforts to improve the structure of the aircraft and continued their flight tests. 1908 set a new record of flying time of 2 hours, 22 minutes and 23 seconds in an air show over Paris, France, and won the "laurel" of the earliest invention of aircraft, known as "the father of aircraft". Attachment: There are disputes among countries about who invented the earliest airplane in the world. The French believe that the earliest airplane in the world was invented by Clément Ader, and it was successfully tested in France on1890+1October 9. Americans believe that the inventors of the airplane were wilbur wright and Orville Wright. They successfully tested the airplane in the United States on June1903+February 17. Brazilians believe that it was Brazilian Alberto Santos dumont who invented the airplane. Santos-Dumont's "14 bis" plane successfully flew to an altitude of 60 meters in 12 10, which was the first successful power flight in the world. The previous flight did not reach the standard of "flying" in the true sense. However, it is generally believed that the Wright brothers in the United States invented the airplane. When American aerospace celebrities were busy celebrating the 0/00th anniversary of the Wright brothers' successful test flight of the first powered plane/KLOC-,Brazilians thought that Alberto Santos dumont was the real father of powered flight. Wilbur wright and Orville Wright brothers/KOOC-0/903/KOOC-0/2/KOOC-0/7 successfully launched the first power plane "Voyager/KOOC-0/No."/KOOC-0/2 seconds in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. But supporters of Santos Dumont believe that their hero 1906 10 flew in a park in Paris for the first time. Santos Dumont was born into a family of French jewelers in Brazil. /kloc-when he was 0/8 years old, he returned to his hometown of France and soon became fascinated with flying. After dealing with hot air balloons for several years, Santos Dumont began to turn his attention to the power flight of the plane. 1906 10 10 On 23rd October, under the admiring eyes of a group of spectators, Santos Dumont made his first flight in Bagat Le Park in the western suburbs of Paris. The flight distance is 60 meters and the height from the ground is about 2 meters. The skeleton of the "Double 14" aircraft is made of aluminum and bamboo, covered with silk, and the gasoline engine of the aircraft is designed and manufactured by Santos Dumont. The Wright brothers' first flight was completed at Little Eagle Beach. The plane took off with the help of the slope, and only a few people were watching. In the same year165438+1October 2 1, Santos Dumont took off again in "Double 14". This time he flew 220 meters at a height of 6 meters. The International Aviation Federation registered these two flights as the earliest aviation records. Later, Sandas Dumont also built a new plane called Dragonfly, but the work exhausted him. He returned to Brazil on 1909. Santos Dumont has always hoped that airplanes can be used as a means of transportation, but the fact is not what he imagined. During the First World War, airplanes were used to drop bombs for the first time, which aggravated his frustration. 1932 On July 23rd, he committed suicide at the age of 59, shortly after learning that the plane was used to suppress the armed uprising in Brazil. Today, Santos Dumont still enjoys a high reputation in Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force officially admitted that he was the first person to complete the flight alone. One of the two civil airports in Rio de Janeiro is also named after him. In fact, Santos Dumont is not the only one who challenges the status of the Wright brothers. Clemente Adail, a Frenchman, once claimed that he flew a steam-powered plane about 48 meters over a friend's estate in the suburbs of Paris on 18901October 9. In France, many people call him "the father of Air France". Richard pearce, an eccentric New Zealand farmer, also boarded his homemade monoplane on March 3 1, 1903. According to himself, his plane also landed in Ceng Fei for about140m, and finally plunged into his own fence.