I have seen here (
http://www.pprune.org/aviation-histo...ml#post8518036 ) an interesting diagram with an explanation:
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Figure 1 above depicts the longest flights made by various aircraft in the period 1890 to 1909 ... red points represent non-Wright craft made from 1906 to 1909"
What plane (inventor) does the first red point in 1906 correspond to?