Talk:Powered aircraft

1894: powered flight - Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite & compressed air engine. Thus Hargrave invented powered flight.
1894: powered flight

After discovering that curved surfaces are more aerodynamic than flat ones, Lawrence Hargrave invented the box kite, the cellular construction of which was more stable than the previous monoplanes. On 12 November 1894, he strapped four box kites together with a compressed air engine, which was also his own invention, tethered it to the ground with piano wire and managed to fly the short five metres that changed aviation history.

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