The first practical aeroplanes of the years before the First World War, built by pioneers who were still working out how to control a heavier-than-air machine in flight. An entry belongs here when the cited article calls the aircraft an early or pioneer-era aeroplane. It excludes combat aircraft of the First World War and later airliners. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: Wright Flyer
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The Wright Flyer (also known as the Kitty Hawk, Flyer I or the 1903 Flyer) made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft on December 17, 1903.
Blériot XI (Wikipedia)
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The Blériot XI is a French aircraft from the pioneer era of aviation. The first example was used by Louis Blériot to make the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air aircraft, on 25 July 1909.
Wikipedia: Antoinette IV
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The Antoinette IV was an early French monoplane.
Deperdussin Monocoque (Wikipedia)
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The Deperdussin Monocoque was an early racing aircraft built in 1912 by the Aéroplanes Deperdussin, a French aircraft manufacturer started in 1911 and reorganized as the Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) in 1913.
Wright Model B, Wikipedia
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The Wright Model B is an early pusher biplane designed by the Wright brothers in the United States in 1910.
Curtiss Model D, Wikipedia
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The 1911 Curtiss Model D (or frequently "Curtiss Pusher") is an early United States pusher aircraft with the engine and propeller behind the pilot's seat.
Farman III - Wikipedia
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The Farman III, also known as the Henry Farman 1909 biplane, was an early French aircraft designed and built by Henry Farman in 1909.
Spirit of St. Louis
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the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that Charles Lindbergh flew on May 20
Junkers J 1, Wikipedia
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was an experimental monoplane aircraft developed by Junkers
Etrich Taube (Wikipedia)
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was a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft
Santos-Dumont 14-bis - Wikipedia
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was a pioneer era, canard-style biplane
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