[4k, 50fps, colorized] (1908) First Airplane Flight filmed: The Wright Military Flyer

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[@el.blanco552]

And not a second of actual work done to improve the image, just click click publish.

[@luro95]

Santos Dumont's 14-bis flight in 1906 is widely recognized as a significant milestone in aviation history, occurring two years before the Wright brothers' filmed flight of the Wright Military Flyer in 1908.

[@Pihlalorjoone]

In the eighties I had a 4 week stint in hospital and with me in the room was a very nice 92 yr old man. He remembered seeing the first car and seeing the first plane. And he had served in the cavalry in the first war, taking care of the horses. The conversation with this man are still one of the highlites in my life. It was so amazing to get his perspective on life.

[@robinj.9329]

My own Grandfather was born in 1898. Flew as a passenger in about 1915. Was so scared he NEW flew again ! Lived till 1994.

[@driftingright]

As an intern in 1975 I met a retired sergeant admitted to BAMC in San Antonio who got VIP status usually reserved for flag rank officers. Turned out to be one of the last surviving calvary soldiers from 1916 expedition that chased Pancho Villa around northern Mexico. Fascinating fellow with wonderful tale!

[@kingnaga619]

61 years later we’d be on the moon. The young people in this clip lived to see space travel. That’s amazing.

[@Ivan-wp1ne1]

57 years later, Russians went into space

[@abundantYOUniverse]

@@Ivan-wp1ne1 Brazilians were too busy removing butt hair from each other to ever fly right.

[@Ivan-wp1ne1]

@@abundantYOUniverse are you a gay or non-binary?

[@abundantYOUniverse]

@@Ivan-wp1ne1 ALL INDIAN AND RUSSIAN NPC TROLLS USE THE WORDS CUCK, BETA, BINARY, INCEL, and SOY! NEVER FORGET!

[@TechnicalArtistry]

@@coolnamebro the moon is just an illusion, duh.

[@Rondo2ooo]

The impact and meaning of this indescribable. Also the fact that this was filmed, another technology that just a few years earlier was invented.

[@RobinDale50]

And consider that automobiles were barely a thing in their infancy too at this time. The Model T had just come out.

[@email4664]

And houses still used gas lighting

[@scootersonlyrepair510]

@@RobinDale50 the first car was in 1885. 23 years before this. The model t had been out for 5 years by this time it wasn't new

[@MarbleThumbs]

@@joeyaldente8858 Trends came and went then just as they did now, humans perceive time in exactly the same way; relative to age. 23 years is enough time for a baby to become an adult, the Zeitgeist moves quickly.

[@badwolf7367]

"few years earlier" = 18 years earlier.

[@thurin84]

in this age where air travel has become mundane, its difficult to imagine the thrill and amazement most of the onlookers are feeling having previously seen nothing bigger than a large bird or perhaps a hot air balloon moving through the sky suddenly seeing this machine wrought by the hand of man moving through the air with as much ease as any bird.

[@andrewmitchell5807]

Zeppelins from that time were larger than most of today's planes

[@PhaedruS007]

I thought it was wild it as soon as it took off they kind of turned their backs and walked away. We don't do that now when a plane takes off in front of us

[@DavidGarcia-kf9wo]

@@andrewmitchell5807 I al Sorry but non of these people had seen Zeppelin yet. It was invented and developed by the same time. Only hot Air balloons were already well known.

[@DavidGarcia-kf9wo]

Hoy air balloons were around for a long time before so, not so stonish.

[@thurin84]

@@DavidGarcia-kf9wo and were rather rare and just floated with the breeze, not maneuvered around under their own power.

[@sfperalta]

Growing up, the clearest sign of old footage was the jerky/fast motion and black & white tones. They've done some amazing work standardizing the speed and consistency (even filling in missing frames, wow!). Adding color just makes the scene so much more "present" -- these were people just like you and me, living in a different year, but pretty much recognizable even today. I think if they could fix the "blooming" (or whitening of the images) and clean up all the scratches, you might even believe this footage was a modern re-creation of historical events rather than the events themselves. Peter Jackson's documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old" is a prime example of pulling footage from the past and giving it a modern feel. I can't wait to see what else they do in the future!

[@THOMMGB]

I think AI could go a long way into achieving what you're describing.

[@ThatBoomerDude56]

@@THOMMGB Yes. AI could make this look completely indistinguishable from modern video.

[@gordonslippy1073]

Within a year of this film, the elevator and rudder moved permanently to the rear of an aircraft. This design was incredibly hard to fly, as you can see from the wild porpoising just after takeoff.

[@donkeydan5996]

I would have never gotten in that thing with the old design ! Lol

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Yes, the 24Bis or 'Demoiselle' by Santos Dumont was very much like a ultra light airplane.

[@fluffysheap]

Canard designs are much *easier* to fly. The popular Long-EZ and Cozy homebuilt canards are impossible to stall. The conventional tail became popular because canards do not work well with flaps, resulting in a higher landing and takeoff speed that requires longer runways.

[@stigbengtsson7026]

Today the "canard" is back, on several airplanes, so maby they where on to something........🤔

[@tomarmstrong1281]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y362i4irrZmYis0

[@alexs1984]

This footage is truly a world heritage. Thanks a lot for sharing!

[@badwolf7367]

This was the Wright Flyer 3 and was a vast improvement over the first 2 models. The Wrights increased the performance and reliability of the engine, increased the size of the various control surfaces which gave better handling, and instead of the pilot laying prone, they added a seat so the pilot could sit upright. The entire airframe was made stronger.

[@Me97202]

Still seemed a little underpowered on take off.

[@michaelvinicius4741]

Copiaram do Santos Dumont!!

[@robl326]

I knew something was wrong here. The first flight only lasted a few seconds.

[@iworkout6912]

@@robl326 This was a flight for the military to see how much they had accomplished since the first flight. The army had certain specs the machine had to have and they proved it in this flight. Many officers were probably saying if God want man to fly, he would have given him wings.

[@kenwittlief255]

By this point Glenn Curtiss in Hammondsport NY was building better planes that flew higher, farther and faster, because he knew how to build motorcycle engines out of aluminum In May 1908 Curtiss took his first airplane flight in the White Wing, an aircraft designed by Casey Baldwin (Lt. Thomas Selfridge also flew it, thereby becoming the first military person to fly an airplane.) A month later Curtiss flew an airplane of his own design, the June Bug.

[@seandelap8587]

Incredible step into history.

[@legioner9]

Was done before them ;)

[@dr.OgataSerizawa]

@@legioner9 Wrong…

[@legioner9]

@@dr.OgataSerizawa Traian Vuia in 1906, Santos Dumont in 1906 also, Otto von Lilienthal - even before 1900 (though not engine powered). So stop spamming, doc.

[@legioner9]

@Adcox Robert Ellaborate.

[@h.n.t.d7963]

@@legioner9 no enggine thats mean is glider not plane

[@TheRyujinLP]

This was amazing. Seeing it not only in motion but in high definition makes events like this form our past feel like more then some half forgot blerb from a poorly written school book. Things were so different for them at that time it's like it's footage from another universe. The team behind this cannot be praised enough for this contribution, thank you.

[@badwolf7367]

High definition? The original surviving film stock was digitalized and cleaned up with video editing software. What you see is not the original image. Even the colors and brightness in the video is guesswork - someone decide this is how it is suppose to look.

[@odom2142]

It must have been quite a sight to behold! And what a thrill for the brothers- to show everyone your success at one of the most important achievements ever.

[@terranovarain6570]

even watching it just thinking of them sitting on that wing the mind to endlessly wonder and thinking what crazy brave obsessed helpless fools us bird brains are to do anything at the chance to defiy gravity most people could never understand that addiction they didn't have to do it they needed to do it mark of true Hero's

[@grey_north9016]

Two random guys who were just making bicycles.

[@googleuser3163]

I mean it wasn't the first flight in history. Airships had been making long distance travel for a long time before airplanes.

[@rjhinnj]

The funny thing is, they asked Orville what it was like years later. He said something like “ it was much more fun dreaming of flying on my bed than doing it. I look back and say to myself I would never get in that first Flyer in a twenty seven mph wind and try to fly”!

[@bardo0007]

It's amazing that only 10 years later they had war planes with bombs attached, and 30 years later big passenger planes. This invention is bigger than cars or trains, to be able to carry humans up in the air is just a crazy idea that still today is a unique experience.

[@skraminc]

Id say cars on a more fundamental industrial or production philosophy; may have been more important. They created the concepts of design and research for the process of MANUFACTURING and not just a singular product. So people knew how to R&D so if you have a working concept, such as the Wrights, you can mass implement it into the world/markets instead of having to learn how to design mass production along with the product. That was what made us so powerful in WWII; we had insanely efficient production lines that were modular and could be switched to a different product quickly, such as Chrysler making airplanes instead of cars. All from auto

[@Finallybianca]

Bicycles honestly were even bigger and more important inventions, both cars and planes came from Bicycle Mechanics after all.

[@jjmerago1]

Trains shaped the modern world and still carry the vast majority of its freight. Trains sparked the industrial revolution and spread colonization throughout the world.

[@jjmerago1]

@@skraminc Have you not seen a Boeing or Airbus factory? They are a far better example of research and dvelopment and mass production than a car facility. Cars didn't start the manufacturing process, the american nazi Henry Ford did. Cars were what he mass produced because they were the new shiny thing. If planes came first he would have mass produced them.

[@exoressdelivers70]

I'd say the knowledge in the late 1800s that molecules were not the smallest particles in existence but rather atoms were and atoms themselves had electrons which have positive and negative energies. This quantum physics knowledge created the foundation of everything we do today that has anything to do with electronics from radar to TV remotes, from computers to dishwashers. But for this knowledge the airplanes we have today would still be the same as what the Wright brothers flew over 100 years ago.

[@hibiscusvera]

And 61 years later, men went to the moon. It’s so freaking weird how fast time can go.

[@martindeballester]

INCREÍBLE verdad?.... O lo de la llegada a la luna es mentira o ese fue el salto o asaña más grande q hizo el hombre y no volvió a hacer otra así .🤔🤔🤔

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@martindeballester Yes it was incredible. Only 55+ years later, we get the SR-71 Blackbird.

[@Notorious_Humus]

Thanks to fossil fuels

[@Ivan-wp1ne1]

Actually, no one did. It was american movie

[@lisakay1006]

It “flys” by!!

[@CeuAzulll]

The Wright brothers began to publicly present their aircraft and their experiments in 1908, about three years after Santos Dumont's flight on his 14-bis in Paris

[@thatoneguythatlikesship]

Their first public flight was in 1904-1905 but no moving pictures were taken

[@cardinalRG]

@ceuazul6913 --The 14-bis first flew in 1906, not 1905.

[@M0utles]

​@@thatoneguythatlikesshipkzbin.info/www/bejne/kKLJgWqkq75osNk Here is the footage from 1906 of the 14 bis flying.

[@thatoneguythatlikesship]

@@M0utles 1 year late mofo

[@junehanzawa5165]

​@@thatoneguythatlikesshipTheir first flight was in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC. The first ever flight.

[@abundantYOUniverse]

I am an aviation historian and I have seen this a thousand times. Today I saw it for the first time. Incredible work, thanks!

[@Ivan-wp1ne1]

yeah, plane was actually invented by a Brazilian, keep studying

[@abundantYOUniverse]

@@Ivan-wp1ne1 LOL

[@OverTheVoids]

@@Ivan-wp1ne1 Actually it was invented by a German named Gustave Whitehead. You keep studying yourself though and you might get it right one day.

[@Ivan-wp1ne1]

@@OverTheVoids actually, it was invented by a Russian, Alexander Mozhayski, in 1884 he performed a flight on an appliance that was heavier than air

[@sugoydrop2710]

@@Ivan-wp1ne1 actually it was invented by MikeOxlong in 1900 after he failed math class

[@Nikolapoleon]

"I must admit I fail entirely to recognize the utility of your "Wright Flyer" project. From what I have observed, these crafts cost a great deal more than the signal corps' balloons, require more infrastructure to launch, and 'fly' not half as high, and for not half as long. Respectfully, these machines are a waste of the military's resources. Please do not order any more of them." - General Joseph Huntley, in a letter to Chief Signal Officer James Allen, 1908.

[@ricomon35]

I'm not surprised at all by that statement. The military isn't exactly known to produce people with any kind of visionary ability. Similar attitudes have been displayed for the 1st's of just about any new tech.

[@Valks-22]

@@ricomon35 I'd disagree, that's a very generalized and broad statement made on a comment by a single individual. The proliferation of aircraft to the degree of service they saw in WW1 a few year later, and further astounding progress made prior-to and during WW2 were ensured by those that (in terms of military use) saw the potential and use is this and outnumbered the doubters. Same thing happened to tanks, submarines, and again with the battleship/aircraft carrier debates. Other comments mentioned the moon landing 61 years later, but there were jet aircraft already ~30 years later.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

People said that about cars, TVs and microwave food

[@osasunaitor]

@@ricomon35 not true. Military motivation has been the main source of technological inventions for a long time. Never does our technology evolve faster than in times of war, unfortunately. Most of the tech we use today is a direct result of WW1, 2 and the Cold War. The quote above is just an example of a short-sighted individual who didn't have much to say after all.

[@denjhill]

If true, Huntley will go down in history as one of the most unaware, unimaginative buffoons of all time. Typical for the military at that time.

[@NickvonZ]

I am familiar with this amazing footage, but to see it in living color ROCKS!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

But...did we notice, that the landing was omitted? Why?

[@skuula]

It's colorized/ fake / guessing

[@reginaldocph]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santos-Dumont_14-bis

[@NickvonZ]

@Britain Uk Yep. You are right. I knew that, too, but didn't mention it so not to blow the amazement of folks who didn't. But the fact you mention IS actually interesting in itself. 😸👍

[@NickvonZ]

@Britain Uk Nice to meet you! 😀

[@markjones7185]

Incredible footage and history! And how far we advanced a few short years after this.

[@XGen4]

Similarly, smart phones came in 2007 and now you see the advancement after few short years

[@spanqueluv9er]

@@XGen4 Smart phones are not an advance, guy. Combining three old technologies into one unit does not = progress. Repackaging the same old shit is not progress. We have not made actual progress since the 1920’s or so. We still rely on destruction for all our energy needs. Progress is moving beyond that to the endless free energy that has always been out there and available. The level of technology reflects a society’s level of consciousness. Most humans are unfortunately not really awake. It’s way past time for humanity to wake up, wise up and grow up.🤦‍♂️

[@lawfulbeneficiary1731]

@@spanqueluv9er realistically the 1900s.. there was electric cars and scooters back then and they only gave such technology to the masses recently.

[@spanqueluv9er]

@@lawfulbeneficiary1731 Totes.

[@tomray8765]

In 1946, not 40 years later, Orville took his turn at the wheel in the cockpit of a quite modern 4 engine CONSTELLATION. (Check it out) . He was picked up in Dayton and invited to fly it for a few minutes while airborne. Then he quit and turned on the autopilot, saying "I have always thought that an airplane should fly it self." The last plane he flew before his death in 1948. Talk about amazing progress!

[@paulazemeckis7835]

Thank you for this vid. I am very impressed that 100+ year old vids can be corrected as such. Thank goodness for the early aviators.

[@gbresgala]

In fact, the first filmed flight was in 1906, in Paris, when the Brazilian Santos Dumont flew with his 14 Bis, a plane that already took off under its own power, without the need for propulsion machines. More than a thousand spectators and the Official Commission of the Aeroclube de France, an internationally recognized entity, were present. It's easy to find the video here on KZbin.

[@JustAsStranger]

Omg that's what I was looking for! Finally someone actually smart lol

[@inisipisTV]

Nope. Santos first flight flight happened in 1909 many years after the Wright brothers 1903 they have witnesses and photographs of the Wrights plane on the air. Santos Dumont present his plane in 1906 but didn’t flew it then.

[@cardinalRG]

@@inisipisTV --You are misinformed, and the original poster is correct: Santos-Dumont's 14-bis flew in 1906, not 1909.

[@cardinalRG]

Gabriel Silva -- _”…his 14 Bis, a plane that already took off under its own power, without the need for propulsion machines.”_ Well stated, but your implication seems to be that Wright aircraft didn’t, or couldn’t do take off under their own power. That would be an incorrect claim. The 1903 Wright Flyer didn’t use a catapult at all, and later models were assisted by a catapult as a matter of convenience, not necessity. It was the Wrights’ preferred method because it allowed short takeoffs from rough surfaces and confined spaces, like the rutted, tree-ringed Huffman Prairie, a place where the 14-bis almost certainly couldn’t have operated. Take note that the 14-bis required more than ten times the takeoff distance that the catapult-assisted Wright Flyers did (~200 meters versus ~60 feet), which illustrates the Wrights’ reasoning for using the method that they did.

[@hawkdsl]

Santos Dumont's flight has already been debunked with overwhelming evidence, yet you can count on someone bringing this nonsense up time and again. It doesn't matter really, but it is a keyhole into the conspirators mind set.

[@hifinsword]

Thank you to the crew that improved and colorized this film. Fantastic!!!

[@omidbei4363]

Thanks a lot for these nice videos.

[@jaymac7203]

Incredible 😍 What an amazing piece of history made to look even better! Great job.

[@piadas804]

The first airplane flight filmed was by Santos-Dumont, in 1906. Search on KZbin. Most (like 99% of) brazilians say it was the first flight ever, but it obviously was not.

[@magnustorque5528]

The flying ability from such a novice pilot was remarkable (these were literally new experiences every time and far and few between). He made a lot of really sharp turns without stalling the machine. Pilots still die today on final approach in far more capable and controllable aircraft. Somehow he knew instinctively what had to be done to keep it in the air.

[@odinsson852]

And remember it was Warp wing technology .

[@ThunderboltWisdom]

I actually cringed when I saw him banking sharply because I thought they'd come down to earth with a thud.

[@patb5266]

Yes, spectacular flying ability!

[@slyguyaction]

I didn't even see any seat belts. They just held on with their bare hands? Balls of steel right there...

[@scootersonlyrepair510]

This is 5 years after the first flight. Who's a novice? Not only was he NOT a novice he's the most experienced pilot in the world at this time #ignorance

[@jimmerhardy]

Just incredible. Thanks for finding this and doing your magic.

[@knowingyourmind]

The cracked propeller from the Selfridge incident is on display at the Wright-Pat Air Force Museum. It is encased, just to the right side of the Wright 1909 military flyer display.

[@kevinjackson7539]

This is the equivalent of going in space for the first time.

[@andreluizalexandredossanto9653]

Santos Dumont was also the first to take off aboard an airplane powered by a gasoline engine. On October 23, 1906, he flew about sixty meters at a height of two to three meters with the "Oiseau de Proie" (French for "bird of prey") at the Bagatelle Field in Paris. Less than a month later, on November 12, in front of a crowd of witnesses, he flew 220 meters at a height of six meters with the Oiseau de Proie III. These flights were the first officially recognized by the Aeroclub of France of a heavier-than-air machine, and possibly the first public demonstration of a vehicle taking flight under its own power, without the need for a launch ramp. The title of being responsible for the first flight in an airplane, attributed by Brazilians to Santos Dumont, is disputed with other pioneers, notably the Wright brothers. In France, the achievement is usually attributed to Clément Ader, who allegedly made the first flight of a heavier-than-air craft, the steam-powered Ader Éole, propelled by a 20-horsepower steam engine and taking off under its own power on October 9, 1890, but his claims were refuted by the French Army Ministry of War. Around the world, at least fourteen names are mentioned as inventors of the airplane.

[@asintonic]

imagine the thoughts of the people watching tis for the first time? Amazing. Tremendous.

[@newmankidman5763]

Unvaccinated, I am sure there were naysayers as well who must have said something along the line of "what a waste of time. Society will never have a need or use for such a contraption. Would you not agree, Mr. Smith? How about you, Mrs. Smith?"

[@peacefworld]

Thats one small take off for man, one giant flight for mankind.

[@artheaded1]

Wow! This is fantastic! Thank you!

[@vilangel78]

Muchas de las personas que salen en el formidable documento audiovisual, vivieron lo suficientemente para ver volar a los ingenios aeronáuticos de los años 50's e incluso de los 60's. Debe ser impactante observar los primeros pasos del sector y con los años, tener la oportunidad de ver como la tecnología hizo posible un salto técnico tan desproporcionado en tan corto período de tiempo. Saludos desde España

[@jrmiyazaki06]

It's incredible to see how far we have come by today since then, thanks for sharing this!

[@georgewhitehead8185]

The world should not forget Gustave Alvin Whitehead (born Gustav Albin Weisskopf January 1, 1874 - October 10, 1927) The aviator pioneer who actually built and flew the first airplane in the entire world, here in America. It is just that he did not get the publicity like the Wright brothers did, but history has proven he was the first. Doctor George Whitehead (No Relation)

[@Philcopson]

Whitehead/Weisskopf? the guy who claimed that he had built around 30 aircraft without any film or photos? Sorry - don't believe it. Nobody working as he did could possibly have had the time or the money to build so many. It took the Wright Brothers plus one or two assistants - Charlie Taylor/Charlie Furnass - several months to build each of their prototype aircraft.

[@des_smith7658]

I'm like a doctor

[@Renato.Stiefenhofer.747driver]

I agree and I published this fact in an aviation book, back in 2011 (in german). Gustave Whitehead, Gustav Weißkopf... The German was first in 1901.. no press.. no pix.. no American. Historians do not agree, but who cares... We know it, George. Regards from Switzerland. RS

[@seth8629]

This brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.

[@Tommyxp420]

It is pretty amazing. It's like seeing a totally different part in time when it's in color. 💯❤️

[@patb5266]

Absolutely stunning! Thank you. Imagine seeing this. When I was 12 I built a model of this beautiful aircraft and won first place in a contest. It was amazing to build as the kit called for black thread for the wires and it had the take off skid.

[@B01]

2022: we have conducted a 7 second test flight of our new aircraft 1908: JUST SEND IT!!!!!

[@zachreyhelmberger894]

That is an epic amount of work to restore and improve this historic video!!

[@phillipecook3227]

What an astonishing, wondrous thing this must have seemed to many of those on the ground. Imagine you were 10 years old in 1908/9: in a single lifespan you would've lived from a time when heavier than air flight didn't exist to seeing Apollo 11 taking the first humans to another planet. Absolutely mind blowing.

[@APimpNamedSlickBak]

I feel you but the moon is not a planet

[@dale4853]

Not another planet.

[@johnschuh8616]

Werner von Braun was an assistant in the first rocket experiments just ten years later. Once you work out the basic principles, everything is a matter of engineering.

[@gardengeek3041]

115 years ago, ALL the people filmed here are a healthy SKINNY .03-05 and 6:10, fit and flexible. Nowadays, in a group of 15, we might find only ONE such person.! Excellent job on this film restoration & coloring. I'll bet it's quite complex and takes many different steps & apps. The results are so clear & realistic, especially @ 5:30, it's as if it were filmed yesterday. Thanks a million, and pls keep up the good work!

[@hawkdsl]

Sometimes, even today, flying can sometime feel and look like magic. We can only imagine how this mesmerized people in attendance.. Most of who never seen anything other then birds in the sky, no less a couple of guys doing laps like a Sunday stroll.

[@karstent.66]

You are so wrong. There was quite a lot knowledge about flying even in the 19th century. The problem was to find a machine which was light weighted enough to get the fuselage from the ground.

[@hd-xc2lz]

@@karstent.66 Oh please. Most attendees at an airshow in 2022 can't explain how flight is possible. Don't be such a know-it-all.

[@nealsausen4651]

Travel by airship by 1908 had already progressed significantly don’t forget the first Zeppelin flew three years before the first Wright brothers flight at Kitty Hawk!

[@nealsausen4651]

@@karstent.66 : They were such craft they were lighter-Than-Air craft:… airships!

[@hawkdsl]

@@karstent.66 I am so right, however I did leave out lighter than air flight which started with balloons way back in 1783. This is not that, This is winged flight. The holy grail of flight. Many died trying to achieve it, and many believed that it was impossible. What separated the Wrights from everyone else? They knew they didn't know their ass from a hole in the ground. So they set up a lab, and actually tried to understand the problem with a scientific approach. This flight absolutely mesmerized everyone who attended. One only has to read the reports of the day... But I did get a good chuckle from your firm belief.

[@DavianSinner]

I'll bet there was some old guy saying it would never amount to anything.

[@powerdriller4124]

Transportation was mostly powered by horses by 1900, at that time children ran out of their homes to watch an automobile to go by; by 1920 they ran when an airplane passed by on the sky, by 1950 when a helicopter, then by 1960 when a jet airplane. In the 1970s, when I was a child, we ran to watch a horse carriage. Today, kids don´t give a sht, they´re busy looking down watching whatever sht is there in the hand mirror they always carry with them.

[@riverraisin1]

Maybe they're watching this video on their hand mirror? 🤣🤣

[@rockysemmes3906]

If not already mentioned, the flight location is Ft Myer in Arlington, Virginia. Some of those buildings shown still stand (though long since renovated, once or twice). The performance flights there of the Wright Flyer also included the first Wright Flyer fatality: an Army officer passenger killed in one of those first Ft Myer flights.

[@Zorroxyz123]

However, the 14 bis airplane flight of 1906 in Paris was also filmed.

[@DukeHard]

This is amazing. I love this channel, it's a trip through history.

[@Akrafena]

The Plane you saw in this video was the Wright Model A, it was succeeded by the Model B, which in 1912 the army successfully were able to fire a Lewis machine gun from the air.

[@jared9225]

Anyone have a clue how much money the Wright brothers made from the US government on their plane deal?

[@erichanson3961]

Amazing pace of progress in flying...

[@paulbriggs3072]

The first PUBLIC flight was not until July of 1908, about the same time this was filmed, BUT! It was NOT by the Wright Brothers but rather by Glenn Curtiss flying the AEA June Bug on July 4th, 1908 in which he won the Scientific American Trophy for the first public flight of at least 1 kilometer, (0.6 miles). So as you can see by this film, the Wrights clearly flew more than a mere 6 tenths of a mile in these films, and since the Scientific American Trophy famously went to Glenn Curtiss, we can safely conclude these films were captured after July 4th of that year. In fact, that July 4th flight is widely recognized as the first time the public was ever invited to see a plane fly, this taking place in Hammondsport, New York at the south end of Keuka Lake in the Finger Lakes region. Moreover, Glenn Curtiss' June Bug was a superior aircraft in nearly every way than the Wright Flyer shown in these early films. These two short informative videos on that flight are well worth watching: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZe7ZYNnYrJledE and also here is a 1909 film of Glen Curtiss in one of his earliest aircraft easily taking off unassisted in Paris. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWSlp3uPhqxkraM

[@bendergamer14]

I guess the first airplane filmed is 14-bis (1906)

[@Delessi]

Americans think that they invented the airplane...

[@bendergamer14]

@@Delessi Americans invented the glider, propelled by a slingshot

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@bendergamer14 And a self-propelled airplane.

[@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling]

@@Delessi They sort of did.

[@bendergamer14]

@@Dr.KarlowTheOctoling The self-propelled airplane was shown first time in Paris by a brazilian.

[@TheBrainn]

This is better than most of surveillance camera footage

[@defaultytuser]

Hahahahaha

[@Mikemikemike13579]

This is incredible. I had to remind myself to breathe several times while watching this in awe!

[@ronaldwoxland805]

It’s interesting to note that as in this flight, a demonstration. A Army officer was recorded as the first passenger to die. A LT Selfridge. An ANG field near Detroit Michigan is named in his honor.

[@todd718]

I thank that’s him at 1:04

[@swrennie]

Yeah, I was wondering if the officer who climbed aboard was the most important or least important person there...

[@ibeetellingya5683]

I worked on the the precursor to the internet. I was the equivalent of a parts shop worker and mechanic for these early aircraft. Watching the internet evolve has been a crazy trip. Decades later, it can still seem surreal at times what it's become. I can only imagine how satisfying, exciting, amusing and surreal it felt to the thousands of people around the world who worked on and saw firsthand these new flying machines. Imagine being one of the young people who help move these prototypes on and off the field, who, many decades later, are taking a seat on a commercial passenger jet as just another passenger on a commercial jet...

[@andreluizalexandredossanto9653]

Santos Dumont never contested the worldwide recognition of the Wright brothers as aviation pioneers, despite being one of the first to successfully fly in lighter-than-air aircraft. He had a more diplomatic stance towards the Wright brothers and never publicly expressed any resentment or disagreement regarding the recognition they received. Dumont, in fact, was known for his friendly and courteous personality, and many believe he simply wasn't interested in disputes or controversies. He was more focused on his own achievements and contributions to aviation, and didn't feel the need to compete with the Wright brothers for recognition. Furthermore, Dumont was a man of peaceful and optimistic spirit, who believed in the progress of humanity through science and technology. He was more concerned with promoting aviation as a safe and accessible means of transportation for all, rather than personal recognition disputes. The Wright brothers had a slightly different view of Santos Dumont and his contributions to aviation. While the Wright brothers were known to be more reserved and less inclined to seek public recognition, they also firmly believed that they were the true pioneers of aviation. The Wright brothers always maintained that they were the first to achieve successful controlled and powered flights in heavier-than-air aircraft, contrasting with Dumont's flights in lighter-than-air aircraft. They argued that their meticulous scientific and experimental approach set them apart from other aviation pioneers, including Dumont. However, there are no records of public statements from the Wright brothers about Santos Dumont. They also did not engage in public disputes over who deserved more credit for the invention of the airplane. Overall, the Wright brothers maintained a discreet stance and focused on continuing to develop and enhance their own aeronautical inventions and technologies.

[@apfelsnutz]

Wonderous video ! Thanks for all the intensive work. Looks like it happend yesterday... very focused and the color adds realism.

[@azmicaseer8584]

Few people flew before this

[@withcheeseproductions]

But not filmed hence the title saying first flight on film

[@azmicaseer8584]

@@withcheeseproductions I can't digest

[@inisipisTV]

@@azmicaseer8584 Just take it slow.

[@azmicaseer8584]

@@inisipisTV noo i care for them

[@MGB1977Red]

Remarkable clarity and detail in a very important bit of film footage. You can see that the width and pitch of the propellers is a lot larger than usual which creates more thrust. Orville jerks the flier up off the launching rail and then pushes the nose back down to keep speed up. Really steep turns for wing warping and two aboard. Six strong men are needed to pull the catapult weights up which demonstrates how much force was needed to launch the airplane. The 4K transfer makes it possible to see details clearly and the longer segments are really helpful.

[@tomarmstrong1281]

I can imagine the thrill people must have felt. Watching men fly for the very first time. Nothing short of a miracle.

[@exoressdelivers70]

This was not the very first time. The very first time they only stayed in the air about 12 seconds at Kitty Hawk.

[@tomarmstrong1281]

@@exoressdelivers70 True, but there were only a handful of witnesses. The film shots in question appeared to show that there were hundreds, if not thousands present.

[@gannielukks1811]

Santos Dumont in 1906 did in Paris with thousands of witnesses, it was the world's first public flight

[@tomarmstrong1281]

@@gannielukks1811 The first glider flight was in 1853. It carried the reluctant coachman of its builder, Sir George Cayley, across Brompton Dale in Yorkshire.

[@gannielukks1811]

@@tomarmstrong1281 Yeah, but not a plane, a glider

[@robertcrouthamel9140]

The Wright's actually filmed their very first flight at Kitty Hawk, so this isn't the first flight filmed.

[@MisterMotel]

and on April 19, 2021 we flew for the first time on another planet. just over a lifetime later.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Oh ya that helicopter thing.

[@chriskswon6704]

The title is absolutely wrong! Gustav Weißhaupt (Gustav Whitehead) from Germany, Bavaria was the first one. On August 14, 1901, Whitehead did what no one had done before: he took off from the ground in a powered airplane. That was in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 2 years before the Wrights did.

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Was it on film?

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

We went from that to an Airbus A380 in just a century.

[@pianosenzanima1]

Concorde!

[@markrussell.]

I rode a BA 380 from LA to London last week!

[@TheCaptainSplatter]

Went to the moon in like 60 years after the first flight. That one is way more epic.

[@sundar999]

The A380 is just an oversize 707, the Concorde a much more groundbreaking aircraft, the Valkyrie, the X15, the SR71...😉

[@stulynn2005]

This flight was an exhibition to the US military not the first flight of the airplane. By this time Kathrine Wright had already become the first woman to fly in a plane

[@txterbug]

Something I’ll never understand is how for such a long time in history we were able to build amazing architecture and homes before anything else.

[@svengruffel4008]

That's not really true, as humanity has invented other great things at all times, but I know what you're saying. Anyway, in order to create progress, the basic conditions have to be right, someone has to have a revolutionary idea and people who believe in it and support it. Even the best idea won't do you any good if you don't know how to get through next winter. Even today we could probably be further, but one of the greatest inventions of mankind is holding us back. Current inventions that bring mankind forward not only require a lot of knowledge but also devour huge amounts of money.

[@conspiracyscholor7866]

People have been building little contraptions capable of gliding forever. There was just no real way of powering them until the combustion engine.

[@txterbug]

@@svengruffel4008 I like your perspective

[@lordgrishnakh1148]

@@svengruffel4008 it would be more accurate to say that they can be very costly, than to say that they "devour so much money." Money is not "devoured" (when spent); it is cyclical, and indefinitely so. The real costs then actually take the form of goods/services/Opportunity Costs. The Money Itself will obviously be turned around and spent again on a house, car, toilet paper, Whatever. And so on again and again. So money doesn't get "devoured." Alternative Opportunities with the goods/services involved do. That's one way to know if some unique venture innovation is truly worth its own salt or not in reality. If it unquestionably and blatantly Is Very much worth it and more (like the Wright Brothers innovations were) then it's not "so expensive" because it would be more costly Not to do it. What I'm saying and really getting at is, money isn't "devoured" by purchasing; only opportunities are. And that in fact, if some unique venture innovation is a truly progressive and profitable venture, then it Creates Wealth. And does to enough to the point that the Other options would actually be much more costly to go with (or continue going with) instead. Then it saves and creates wealth - not "devouring it" and especially not "devouring money itself"

[@abritabroadinthephilippines]

Humans need homes from day one that's why m8 it's simple when you use that tiny 10% brain power you have.

[@majorcarlton137]

Thank you for sharing this very important piece of history.

[@ryanpereira2733]

The first flight filmed was from Santos Dumont in 1906

[@lauris5785]

🤡

[@Chorizo727]

So many of you Dumont idiots commenting on youtube.

[@assateaguecottage8378]

This wasnt the first powered flight by the Wright Brothers.

[@willd6215]

Magnificent men and their flying machines

[@vracan]

that was a great film, very funny

[@tonytrott9789]

This was not the first aerplane flight Gustave Whitehead was the first to fly a powered, manned aircraft before the Wright Brothers, and was recognised by janes all the worlds aircraft. It could also be argued that maxim was the first since he flew a steam powered aircraft in the 1890s.

[@cardinalRG]

Some years back, a single Jane’s writer published a single piece, in a single edition of the organization’s publication, expressing his individual opinion that Whitehead flew before the Wrights. He was not speaking for the Jane’s organization, which itself later published a piece clarifying that it did not, as an organization, claim the case for Whitehead. This remains the position of the Jane’s organization.

[@Simonsvids]

It seems, Tony, you are either being 'economical with the truth' or simply misinformed. I won't be so harsh as to accuse you of lying.

[@joecorr1853]

And then only 60 years after we flew to the moon and back. Yeah Wright!!

[@sundar999]

Remember, Wright brothers first flew already in 1903

[@86esposito]

It's wrong! The first airplane filmed in movement was the flyight of Santos Dumont "14' Bis" aircraft at city of Paris (France) in 1906.

[@MrEjidorie]

When I see this footage, I feel the development of airplanes is really outstanding since 1908.

[@kfl611]

I think it is amazing that like 2 or 3 people carried out the plane from the hanger. Shows how light the plane was.

[@sundar999]

Wright brothers first flew in 1903

[@keithhyttinen8275]

Orville Wright lived long enough for the Air Force to fly him in a jet aircraft in 1947.

[@cardinalRG]

My understanding is that Orville Wright never rode in a jet, and that his last time in an aircraft was in 1944, in a Lockheed Constellation. I'm open to better information, so what is your source, please?

[@jeromebreeding3302]

The Wright flyer, was hardly more than a flying kite, but to the Wright's credit, they built it, and the engine in a bicycle shop, quite an accomplishment.

[@ironcity9053]

Charlie Taylor built the motor.

[@Philcopson]

"The Wright flyer, was hardly more than a flying kite..." ??? What a silly remark - a kite is simply a structure that develops lift exceeding it's own weight when in a current of air and therefore rises.The Wright Brothers developed the first fully-controllable aeroplane - a machine that lifts itself into the air, and then can be simultaneously steered, turned, banked, rise, descend, in all three axes and return to earth - all under the control of the operator. Other powered aircraft of the time could be flown in calm conditions with only limited control. The major point about the other attempts at powered flight by Voisin, Farman etc - is that they were not original - THEY WERE BASED ON WRIGHT DESIGNS! The success of the Wright Brothers on aircraft design was promoted in France by their friend Octave Chanute - (a wealthy US-based, French-born bridge designer who dabbled in aircraft design himself - none of them worked) - and wealthy French enthusiasts based their designs on what they understood of the Wright's gliders from magazine articles and talks by Chanute. Wilbur Wright then shipped his own machine to France and demon-strated a proper flying-machine that could be flown in circles, banked into steep turns etc without losing lift and falling to the ground, and the French enthusiasts were forced to admit that "Wilbur Wright can fly - we have been merely hopping about." The next few years were a major drag on the brothers as they were forced into court case after court case in order to protect their invention from others who copied their patented designs without acknowledgment or payment. The stress of this was probably a contributory factor in the early death of Wilbur Wright in 1912 at the age of only 45.

[@deepwaterescue4u]

Wow what a great piece of history to get to watch Thank You

[@RoastBeefTaco84]

Do you ever think of what the brothers were saying to each other during the flight? Very interesting footage. Glad it was found.

[@bobcoats2708]

They didn’t fly together

[@RoastBeefTaco84]

@@bobcoats2708 were you there? 😭🤣😂

[@bobcoats2708]

@@RoastBeefTaco84 I’m not quite that old

[@SteveandLizDonaldson]

@@RoastBeefTaco84 They actually promised their father that they would not fly together, in case of a crash. They honored that until much later in their flying days.

[@RoastBeefTaco84]

@@SteveandLizDonaldson thank you for the info

[@Chris.Davies]

The first aeroplane flights took place well before the Wrights limped into the air. They were performed by Richard Pearce, in a plane with ailerons (which he invented and patented) in middle-to-late 1902. The flights were in Temuka, New Zealand. A genuine tragedy the Wrights were improperly recognised as the inventors of powered flight. They most certainly were not.

[@STho205]

@@hardcorehistory9165 yep. There seems to be an intense desire by new generations to agrandize themselves by thinking they have found something (typically on a badly researched vlog) new about settled history....long sense debated to completion...so they can claim they are special. It seems it'd be easier for them to do something innovative themselves.

[@jimgordon6629]

This is one of the most important films in existence. Where have they been hiding it? I just finished David McCullochs book on the Wright Brothers. One of the most important episodes in our history, and the most neglected. They should be among our greatest heroes, but we’re largely ignored until the French discovered them. I doubt if the average American high school student even knows who they were.

[@b9y]

But this is not the first.

[@spanqueluv9er]

@@b9y Exactly. The Wright brothers rediscovered flight. It was most certainly known in previous civilizations.

[@b9y]

@@spanqueluv9er No they didn't, this was not the first video of them flying.

[@johnhoney5089]

My school taught me a lot about the Wrights and their original 1903 flight, but they didn't cover their later models or the 1910 flying school.

[@skipads5141]

Misleading title when you're supposed to be educational. The title should be "First Filmed Flight". First Flight Filmed insinuates somehow someone found footage of the December, 1903 first flight.

[@repvoid7680]

Good point.

[@martindeballester]

Excelente! Mientras almuerzo en el trabajo y de postre uno de tus videos 🥧😃😋👏👏😉😉 , un saludos a todos desde argentina 👋👋🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@geomicer]

Beautiful video, thank you 😊

[@AndyFromBeaverton]

1:26 It's strange why you almost never see the catapult launch system when it comes to the first flights. Why don't you remove the vertical scratch lines in the video?

[@Westyrulz]

The military quickly realized the airplanes potential. There were still many thousands of Civil war vets around when this film was made,I wonder what they thought of it? Just imagine in six years time we would see dogfights over France in similar contraptions. Amazing how quickly tech advances.

[@Mark0Brazil]

Nope! The 1st airplane flyimg filmed was the Santos Dumont's 14Bis, Paris Summer 1906

[@kevinm9860]

Most people do not know but Melvin Murrell had a patent and produced an airplane 30 years before the Wright brothers in Morristown Tn.

[@MartinDee2000]

*"Aviation experts tend to agree that Murrell's experiments probably weren't true man-powered flight as much as catapulting and gliding"* - Appalachian Flyers

[@greatadventures7378]

What an incredible time to be alive. So many new breakthroughs and inventions every year.

[@the_minimalistic_adventure]

Is this the same plane that was featured on a video with Adam Savage?

[@Lazyeyewitness]

The Wright catapault was another great innovation. Here we get to see it in action!

[@BansheeFifteen]

Great video, thanks for sharing. With all the museums I have visited, I enjoyed that. Thank You.

[@geraldozambrinjunior4667]

Perfeito, havia manobrabilidade. 🇺🇲👍

[@Alpha_100]

Depois d 2 anos do 14bis 😂😂😂

[@fabapapa9926]

Can’t believe there was only one dude smart enough to catch his phone and film this!

[@riverraisin1]

Back then phones were much bulkier and difficult to film with.

[@aswzen]

The real time machine...

[@Glicksman1]

This colourised version of this old, familiar bit of film is nicely restored and enhanced. Thank you. However, it does not depict the Wrights’ “First Airplane Flight”. What it depicts is the demonstration to the U.S. Army of their latest airplane, “The Wight Military Flyer” in September 1908 at Fort Meyer in Arlington, Virginia. The Brothers’ first attempt at powered flight (their 1903 airplane did not/could not rise out of ground effect and thus was a powered, forward-traveling hovercraft) famously took place on December 17, 1903, five years before the event herein was filmed. Their first actual powered flight did not take place until September 1904 at Huffman Prairie, Ohio when their second design, much modified and with a more powerful engine, rose above ground effect and flew in a circle for the first time in history. This was the true flight of a powered, human-piloted airplane. Cinema, invented in 1995, was already thirteen years old by the time of this film, and was rapidly becoming more and more sophisticated.

[@MarkWhich]

Amazing that even the motor vehicle was still in it's prototype stage, this is still the horse/cart era.

[@nitinkale560]

Whenever I sit in an aeroplane, I remember the first flight. Gigantic progress in just 100 years.

[@daviddevlogger]

Sometimes when things is falling apart, they may actually be falling into place...so don't bother much...for nature knows better than you ❤️