###Lots of people flew before the Wright Brothers. Some of them even survived!###

The Wright Brothers are credited as inventors of the airplane not because they flew, but because they were the first to take flight in a vehicle which:

• Lifted itself using its own power (which gliders and kites did not)
• Was aerodynamically controllable by the pilot (which Ader's aircraft was not)
• Remained in sustained flight, rather than taking momentary flight before returning to Earth

Lots of people flew before the Wright Brothers. Some of them even survived!

The Wright Brothers are credited as inventors of the airplane not because they flew, but because they were the first to take flight in a vehicle which:

• Lifted itself using its own power (which gliders and kites did not)
• Was aerodynamically controllable by the pilot (which Ader's aircraft was not)
• Remained in sustained flight, rather than taking momentary flight before returning to Earth

###Lots of people flew before the Wright Brothers. Some of them even survived!###

The Wright Brothers are credited as inventors of the airplane not because they flew, but because they were the first to take flight in a vehicle which:

• Lifted itself using its own power
• Was aerodynamically controllable by the pilot (which Ader's aircraft was not)
• Remained in sustained flight, rather than taking momentary flight before returning to Earth

###Lots of people flew before the Wright Brothers. Some of them even survived!###

The Wright Brothers are credited as inventors of the airplane not because they flew, but because they were the first to take flight in a vehicle which:

• Lifted itself using its own power (which gliders and kites did not)
• Was aerodynamically controllable by the pilot (which Ader's aircraft was not)
• Remained in sustained flight, rather than taking momentary flight before returning to Earth