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And, December 17, 1903 is the day to remember. That was the day that Orville won the toss of the coin. He made the first successful powered flight in history! The place was Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright Brothers’ dream of inventing a flying machine had come true.One the most deadly airplane accidents actually happened on the ground it was on 1977 -
In 1870, toy helicopters were made and were powered with rubber bands, which some of us are old enough to remember playing with. Nine years earlier, a small steam-powered helicopter was invented, but it was made out of new metal and aluminum and never got off the ground.Paul Cornu, a French bicycle maker, is credited with inventing the helicopter in 1907. His invention is the first helicopter as we know it today, and it managed to lift off the ground about 1 foot, for about 20 seconds.