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Old 14th Jun 2014, 00:03
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If the question is "What was the first practical airplane having a 100% certified existence?" then both planes built by the Voisin brothers for Farman and Delagrange in 1907 can be considered the first practical planes.

If the question is "What was the first claimed practical airplane?" then the title can go to Gustav Whitehead's No. 22 flying machine.
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