WRIGHT BROTHERS HAVE LIFT OFF

The 1903 takeoffs were made without a catapult. The catapult was added later to achieve shorter & safer takeoffs.

So what does this achievement have to do with the US national anthem? I'm an American, but to me this was a triumph of God-given human ingenuity, having nothing to do with nationality.

guys, first of all, wright brothers begun to use catapults just since 1905, their first flight on 17 december 1903 was without it!!

This isnt' the first flight - the pilot is sitting on the wing instead of lying down.

thats not the wright brothers,
thats american airlines flight 4453 to miami.i was onboard.

Well spotted, the wright brothers it's not. If you look Closely you can just see Loral and Hardy in the cockpit. How clever they were to fool the public with such a scam.

They did not fly, but planned to use catapult, the first to fly under its own power was Santos Dumont

Wow, I´ts fantastics. Thanks Wright Brothers!!!

The problem with Richard Pearse was he didn't tell anyone until the mid-1930s. When the Wrights first flew is irrelavant anyway. It was the technology of what they did that is the only thing worth discussing anyway. A number of people had gotten off the ground before Aug8,1908, but nobody, other than the Wrights had actually flown. After Aug8,1908, everyone was flying within a year of that date. A year after Wilbur showed the world how it was done, they had an air race in Reims, France.

the first plane was built by the brazilian alberto santos dumont in paris, his plane used no catapult, just like the modern planes...