↑ Claims that Talpade was the first aviator to fly a powered aeroplane have been pushed by Indian nationalists since the early 2000s. In actuality, the aircraft attributed to Talpade was unmanned. Unmanned aircraft had been flown successfully prior to Talpade's birth.
↑ Various publications have debunked claims that Whitehead was the first to fly a powered aeroplane, with some even questioning the claims that Whitehead had flown one at all.
↑ Historians and researchers generally accept the Wright Brothers as being the first to achieve sustained and controlled flight.
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↑ Coopersmith, Jennifer (2015). Energy, the Subtle Concept: The discovery of Feynman's blocks from Leibniz to Einstein. Oxford University Press. pp.240–257. ISBN9780198716747.
↑ Fessenden, Reginald (1908) "Wireless Telephony", Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (volume 27, part 1), June 29, 1908, pp. 553–630
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