While the Wright brothers are widely recognized as the fathers of flight, Brazilians believe the true inventor of the airplane was one of their own.

The Wright brothers, neither of whom had a college degree, found themselves in the flying business, writes Tobin, "in the sheer spirit of play, of hobbyists." This was a distinctly American attribute.

In Brazil, the Wright brothers are not considered to have invented the airplane. by . ... The Wright Flyer did not have wheels, and took off from the ground using a catapult and a wheeled cart.

Although it may sound like a high-tech concept, the naval catapult has been around for about as long as planes have. The Wright Brothers first took to the skies in 1903, and the first successful ...

The Dayton Fire Department in Ohio said that it was still investigating what caused the fire at the historic site, where the Wright brothers first manufactured planes starting in 1910.

Navy jets, he noted, still use a catapult system when lifting off from short runways on aircraft carriers ... At first, since the Wright Brothers had been toiling in relative obscurity, ...