were the wright's really first? this site says:
] The first flight was by a twenty-five year old New
] Zealander, Richard Pearse on March 31, 1902.

and this (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/12/10/brazil.santosdumont.reut/index.html) one mentions:
] Ask anyone in Brazil who invented the airplane and
] they will say Alberto Santos-Dumont, a five-foot
] four-inch (1.6 meter) bon vivant who was as well
] known for his aerial prowess as he was for his
] dandyish dress and high society life in Belle Epoque
] Paris.