6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 It wasn't the Kittyhawk, or the Santos Dumont. Which Airplane ever got above 50m?
ZachariasX Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 22 hours ago, 6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann said: It wasn't the Kittyhawk, or the Santos Dumont. Which Airplane ever got above 50m? Do Lilienthals gliders count?
6./ZG26_Klaus_Mann Posted January 28, 2019 Author Posted January 28, 2019 Na, Engine Driven Flight. Gliders are a different story altogether.
AndyJWest Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 The Wright Flyer III got well out of any significant ground effect in 1905. You don't need to climb to 50m to do that in a 12.3m wingspan aircraft. As far as actual recorded altitudes (which probably weren't a major concern in the early days of flight) Wikipedia says that Wilber Wright achieved 110 m in December 1908. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_altitude_record#Fixed-wing_aircraft
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