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25 articles with between 500 and 900 words, including:

Flight efforts during the 19th and 20th centuries
Strategic Air power Development in between World War 1 & 2
19th Century Airships and Balloons
Commercial Aviation from the 1920’s-1930
History of Flight - Man tries to fly like the birds

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The first practical airplane took shape in May 1905, when the Wright Brothers started building the new Flyer III. It was based on the Flyer II’s
components, but enhanced to eradicate its problems. The airplane’s pitch and yaw control were improved, featuring a bigger elevator and rudder. Semi-circular “blinkers” were inserted between elevator surfaces to prevent the Flyer III from sideway shifts whilst turning. Small tabs were included on the trailing propeller blade edges to maintain thrust. Most crucially, the rudder could be completely controlled by the pilot, separately from the elevator.