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Grade monoplane - first powered aircraft to fly in Germany (Aug 1909)

The Grade monoplane was a single-seat aircraft constructed by Hans Grade in 1909. The aircraft was first flown on 17 August 1909[1] A series of longer flights were made in September, and on October 30 Grade won the Lanz prize of 40,000 marks for the first German-built aeroplane to fly in a figure 8 round two markers a kilometre apart. Around 80 aircraft of this type were eventually built, including one that was purchased by the Japanese army and became the first aeroplane to be flown in Japan.

Photos of this aircraft

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Grade's second machine, now in the Deutsche Museum of Science and Technology's Aeronautics Collection, Munich, Germany. Source : Wikipedia

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Stamps depicting this aircraft

Germany 1978 SG 1859, Scott B55

Germany 1991 SG 2358

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Sources / URLs for addl info

1. Wikipedia entry - Grade monoplane.

2. Article on Hans Grade

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