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movable tail, twin propellers and wires to guide

the wings, and a petrol engine.

Finally, on December 17, 1903 AD, the experiment of

the "first plane" began on the sands of Kitty Hawk, and

the weight of the plane was more than 600 pounds, and

the length of the wing was 40 feet. Indeed, for the first

time in history, a motorized plane succeeded from the

ground for twelve seconds and traveled for a distance

of 120 feet. Only, the Wright brothers continued to

improve the prototype of the plane and in doing so they

changed the form of transportation in the world forever.

After only 10 years after the experience of the Wright

brothers, the first official flight to transport passengers

was launched by the Russian Sikorsky Ilya Muromets

passenger plane, and it was a luxurious plane equipped

with a passenger salon, lounge, bedroom, bathroom,

lighting and electric heating, and the first flight of the

Iliya was on December 10, 1913. A flight to review the

plane carrying 16 passengers.

Also documented use in wars for the first time during
the war was in the First World War, but it was a light

wooden plane equipped with a light machine gun only,

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