Pioneer aircraft

airplane maiden flight wingspan length weight

Ader Éole 1890 14 metres

(45 feet 10 inches) 6.5 metres

(21 feet 4 inches) 296 kg

(653 pounds)

Lilienthal standard glider 1894 7.9 metres

(26 feet) 4.19 metres

(13 feet 1 inch)

Chanute biplane glider (Chanute glider of 1896) 1896 4.9 metres

(16 feet) 1.2 metres

(4 feet) 14 kg

(31 pounds)

Langley aerodrome No. 5 1896 4.3 metres

(14 feet) 4.3 metres

(14 feet) 11.8 kg

(26 pounds)

Pilcher Hawk 1896 7.1 metres

(23 feet 4 inches) 5.6 metres

(18 feet 6 inches) 23 kg

(50 pounds)

Ader Avion III 1897 17 metres

(56 feet) 400 kg

(882 pounds)

Wright flyer (Wright flyer of 1903) 1903 12.3 metres

(40 feet 4 inches) 6.4 metres

(21 feet 1 inch) 274 kg

(605 pounds)

bis (Santos-Dumont No. 14-bis) 1906 12 metres

(39 feet 4 inches) 10 metres

(33 feet) 160 kg

(350 pounds)

Voisin-Farman I 1907 10.2 metres

(33 feet 6 inches) 520 kg

(1,150 pounds)

June Bug (AEA June Bug) 1908 12.9 metres

(42 feet 6 inches) 8.4 metres

(27 feet 6 inches)

bis (R.E.P. No. 2) 1908 9.6 metres

(31 feet 6 inches) 8 metres

(26 feet) 420 kg

(925 pounds)

Bleriot XI (Blériot XI) 1909 8.52 metres

(28 feet 6 inches) 7.63 metres

(25 feet 6 inches) 326 kg

(720 pounds)

Farman III 1909 10 metres

(33 feet) 12 metres

(39 feet 4 inches) 550 kg

(1,213 pounds)

Curtiss Model E flying boat 1912 12.2 metres

(40 feet) 7.9 metres

(26 feet) 677 kg

(1,490 pounds)