A practice run may have become a flightSourced
Scott’s early hop complicates a first-flight claim
Blanche Scott’s training aircraft had a throttle limiter intended to keep it on the ground. A shift in that limiter or a gust lifted it about forty feet before a gentle landing. The brief, possibly unintentional flight led to differing assessments of her priority.
A claim to first depends on what counts as a flight.
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