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Mozhaysky's airplane

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Mozhaysky's airplane was an experimental Russian airplane designed and built by naval officer Alexander Mozhaysky. Powered by two steam engines, the monoplane reputedly made a powered takeoff assisted by a launch ramp, flying between 20 and 30 meters near Krasnoye Selo, Russia, in 1884.

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Mozhaysky's airplane (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Early and Experimental Pioneer Aircraft, lead: experimental Russian airplane designed and built by naval officer Alexander Mozhaysky
  • Invented By: Alexander Mozhaysky, Lead section
    Mozhaysky's airplane (Russian: Самолёт Можайского) was an experimental Russian airplane designed and built by a naval officer Alexander Mozhaysky (also transliterated as Mozhayskiy, Mozhayski, Mozhaiski and Mozhaisky).
  • In Field: Aerospace Engineering, Categories
    Aviation history of Russia
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