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Karl Jatho (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933) was a German pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... is the 342nd day of the year (343rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... , Hanover(i) (German: , IPA: ), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ...

Karl Jathos Zweidecker I, 1903

On August 18, 1903 he flew with his self-made motored gliding airplane 4 months before the first flight of the Wright Brothers. His first attempts he made with a plane having three lifting surfaces, but switched to two surfaces soon. They were modelled after the Zanonia seed, a seed that was known for its gliding capability. In contrast to the Wright Brother's planes, the wings were flat in profile and not curved. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1900 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871–January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867–May 30, 1912), were two Americans generally credited with building the worlds first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903. ... Airplane and Aeroplane redirect here. ... For other uses, see Wing (disambiguation). ... For the kite, see foil kite. ...

He had four witnesses for his flight. In November 1903 he flew for nearly 200 feet at the altitude of 18 feet, his flight is considered non-controlled.

Karl Jathos Zweidecker I, front view, 1903

The plane was equipped with a single-cylinder 10 horsepower (7.5 kW) Buchet engine driving a two-bladed pusher propeller and made hops of up to 200 ft (60 m), flying up to 10 ft (3 m) high. In comparison Orville Wright's first controlled flight four months later was of 36 m (120 ft) in 12 seconds although Wilbur flew 59 seconds and 852 ft later that same day. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article is about a unit of measurement. ... For other uses, see Propeller (disambiguation). ... Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948), the younger of the Wright brothers, seen as one of the fathers of heavier-than-air flight. ...

He founded a flying school and a plane factory, but did not have much success.

See also

• First flying machine

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External links

• http://www.flyingmachines.org/jatho.html Web site showing photos of his plane
• http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/jatho.html
• http://www.karl-jatho.com/html/we_were_the_first.html