Home›Articles›From Cayley to the Wrights: how lift, power and control came togetherArticleFrom Cayley to the Wrights: how lift, power and control came togetherArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnThe Airplane, Inventions Well-attested SourcesAirplane (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia FoundationHistory: AntecedentsQuote, History: AntecedentsIn 1799, George Cayley set forth the concept of the modern airplane as a fixed-wing flying machine with separate systems for lift, propulsion, and control.View the SourceAtlas Article Vocabularytier 1AtlasComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.