Texas had the first airplane flight

The first airplane flight was in Texas. It happened many years before the Wright Brothers succeeded in 1903. You have never heard of it because it did not use a traditional engine. It used coil springs.

The plane was invented and flown by Jacob Brodbeck. According to 1865 newspaper stories, he flew high enough to clear some trees.

The landing was a bit embarrassing. He crashed into a henhouse. He walked away. Some of the chickens did not.
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