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heavier-than-air aircraft

Aircraft supported in the atmosphere by lift derived from aerodynamic forces.
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They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft on that momentous day four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in the United States.
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She was born five months BEFORE aviation pioneer Louis Bleriot successfully crossed the English Channel to the white cliffs of Dover in the world's first heavier-than-air aircraft on July 25, 1909.
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