Traian Vuia

Traian Vuia or Trajan Vuia was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built, and tested the first tractor monoplane. He was the first to demonstrate that a flying machine could rise into the air by running on wheels on an ordinary road.

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Who was born first?

• Traian Vuia and Mary Engle Pennington were born the same year
• Traian Vuia and Louis Blériot were born the same year
• Traian Vuia and Jan Szczepanik were born the same year
• Traian Vuia was born 1 year after Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
• Traian Vuia was born 1 year after George Washington

Timeline

1. George WashingtonMay 20, 1871 – March 29, 1946
2. Slavoljub Eduard PenkalaApril 20, 1871 – February 5, 1922
3. Jan SzczepanikJune 13, 1872 – April 18, 1926
4. Louis BlériotJuly 1, 1872 – August 1, 1936
5. Mary Engle PenningtonOctober 8, 1872 – December 27, 1952
6. Traian Vuia (this page)August 17, 1872 – September 3, 1950

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