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2 unusual facts about Richard Pearse


Forgotten Silver

The film also shows fragments of an epic Biblical film supposedly made by McKenzie in a giant set in the forests of New Zealand, and a 'computer enhancement' of a McKenzie film providing clear evidence that New Zealander Richard Pearse was the first man to invent a powered aircraft, several months prior to the Wright Brothers.

Kenneth Blackfan

Encouraged by Richard Pearse, he decided to do some pediatric training in the Founding Hospital


Timeline of aviation – 20th century

May 11 - Richard Pearse is claimed to have made a flight of around 1,000 yards (900 m), landing in the semi-dry bed of the Opihi River.


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