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    Richard Pearce

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  1. Richard William Pearse, born at Waitohi Flat, South Canterbury, New Zealand, on 3 December 1877, was the fourth of nine children of Digory Sargent Pearse (1844–1932) of South Petherwin, Cornwall, England, and Sarah Anne Brown (c.1850–1937) of County Londonderry, Ireland.

  2. Richard Pearse (1877–1953) was a New Zealand inventor who patented a bicycle and a monoplane with innovative features. He made several attempts at powered flight from 1903 to 1906, but did not achieve sustained or controlled flight.

  3. Dec 8, 2000 · Learn about Richard Pearse, a self-taught New Zealand farmer who built and flew a monoplane in 1903, possibly before the Wright Brothers. Discover his childhood dream, his inventions, his reclusive lifestyle and his legacy.

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  5. Mar 21, 2024 · Richard Pearse lived from 1877 to 1953. He made a number of inventions - mostly farm machinery. His first patented invention was a new bicycle in 1902, but his dream was to fly - not to cycle.

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  6. A contemporary of the Wright brothers, Richard Pearse's innovations in aviation were ahead of their time, but also almost lost to history.

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  7. The term Kiwi ingenuity might have been coined for Richard Pearse. While other would-be aviators were yet to leave the ground, he assembled a machine capable of taking to the air using little more than bits and pieces from around his farm.

  8. Learn about Richard Pearse, who made the first powered flight in 1902, using ailerons and a tricycle landing gear. Discover his achievements, inventions, and challenges in this tribute by Bill Sherwood.

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