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(Ashton Archer III) wrote:

Hey, wait a minute. What about Ader's bats, the Eole and Avion III?

IIRC, he never got controllability nor engine problems sorted out.

Also, didn't a New Zealander also fly some distance?

Pearse. He later claimed that his machine never had been worked up to a
useful level; controllability issues foremost.