- The
Kress Drachenflieger (German: "Dragon-flier") was an
experimental aircraft constructed in Austria-Hungary in 1901.
While taxiing trials proved successful...
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March 2013. "Shaun das
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credited by some with
attempting to
build the
first successful seaplane Drachenflieger, a floatplane, in 1898,
although its two 30 hp
Daimler engines were...
- 1901 –
Wilhelm Kress of
Saint Petersburg,
Russia creates his
Kress Drachenflieger in Austria-Hungary.
Power was
provided by a
Daimler petrol engine driving...
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later make a
controversial claim of a more
extended flight. The 1901
Drachenflieger of
Wilhelm Kress was a triple-tandem
winged floatplane. It had been...
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Austrian Wilhelm Kress is
credited with
building the
first seaplane,
Drachenflieger, in 1898,
although its two 30 hp (22 kW)
Daimler engines were inadequate...
- rear
surface also lifting,
leading to
instability in pitch. The
Kress Drachenflieger of 1901 and
Dufaux triplane of 1908 had
insufficient power to take off...
- 1901 in Austria,
Wilhelm Kress fails to take off in his
underpowered Drachenflieger, a
floatplane featuring twin
pontoons made of
aluminium and
three wings...
- Esnault-Pelterie who
applied for it in 1907). Kress' aircraft, the
Drachenflieger, was
constructed for
water takeoff and
achieved some
brief hops in 1901...
