The Wright brothers just glided in 1903. They flew in 1908.

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Not all the pictures in newspapers show the Wrights' plane with a propeller underneath. There are examples (see the photo in Washington Times) when the plane appears quite similar to what the two brothers showed starting with Aug. 1908. However the plane in Washington Times does not correspond, if we analyze its details with care, to any of the 1903, 1904, 1905, or later, models.

"French Government Has Bought Up Airship of The Two Brothers of Ohio", The Washington Times., January 21, 1906, Page 10, The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, January 21, 1906, Page 10, Image 10 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress


"The Wright Brother's aeroplane in flight"

The picture is a clear fake and the title of the article a lie because the French Government or somebody else in France had not bought anything from the Wrights in 1906 or before.