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Old 6th Jun 2014, 00:50
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Mechta
 
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Don't be silly Noyade. Henri Farman did not become a French citizen until 1937, so he couldn't possibly have been the first man to fly.

Santos Dumont was Brazilian, so that rules his 1906 adventure in the 14Bis out, so Léon Delagrange must have been the first man to fly, in his Voisin.
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