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[[Leonardo da Vinci]] tried to build a [[flying machine]] ("a sort of aeroplane", as [[Steven Taylor]] put it) after [[the Monk]] discussed with him the principles of powered [[flight]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Time Meddler (TV story)#Checkmate (4)|Checkmate]]") | [[Leonardo da Vinci]] tried to build a [[flying machine]] ("a sort of aeroplane", as [[Steven Taylor]] put it) after [[the Monk]] discussed with him the principles of powered [[flight]]. ([[TV]]: "[[The Time Meddler (TV story)#Checkmate (4)|Checkmate]]") | ||
Aeroplanes were finally invented by the [[Wright brothers]] in the early [[20th century]]. [[Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart's father]] could remember reading about their first flight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') By [[1904]], the brothers had "barely flown sixty feet yet". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Gudok (short story)|Gudok]]'') | Aeroplanes were finally invented by the [[Wright brothers]] in the early [[20th century]]. [[Gordon Conall Lethbridge-Stewart|Lethbridge-Stewart's father]] could remember reading about their first flight. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dying Days (novel)|The Dying Days]]'') By [[1904]], the brothers had "barely flown sixty feet yet". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Gudok (short story)|Gudok]]'') [[Earth]]'s first flying machine, the [[Wright Flyer]], was covertly invented by the [[Dalek|Daleks]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[City of the Daleks (comic story)|City of the Daleks]]'') | ||
During [[World War I]], [[biplane]]s were used by the [[British]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'') | During [[World War I]], [[biplane]]s were used by the [[British]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Amateur (comic story)|The Amateur]]'') | ||
