INVENTOR

Traian Vuia

1872 - 1950

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Traian Vuia or Trajan Vuia (Romanian pronunciation: [traˈjan ˈvuja]; 17 August 1872 – 3 September 1950) 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. He is credited with a powered hop of 11 m (36 ft) made on 18 March, 1906, and he later claimed a powered hop of 24 m (79 ft). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Traian Vuia has received more than 276,616 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Traian Vuia is the 187th most popular inventor (down from 181st in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Romania (down from 135th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Inventor.

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Traian Vuia ranks 187 out of 426. Before him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Charles Martin Hall, Larry Sanger, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, George de Mestral, and Sandford Fleming. After him are Johann Christoph Denner, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Ottaviano Petrucci, Jethro Tull, Orban, and Christopher Latham Sholes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Traian Vuia ranks 64. Before him are Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Edward Gordon Craig, Solomiya Krushelnytska, Reginald Doherty, Ludwig Klages, and Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium. After him are Adolf Schmal, Theodor Lessing, Luigi Orione, Arsen Kotsoyev, Hidesaburō Ueno, and Johan Bojer. Among people deceased in 1950, Traian Vuia ranks 67. Before him are Abraham Wald, Olaf Stapledon, Hantaro Nagaoka, John C. Woods, Walter Eucken, and Yvan Goll. After him are Nikolai Voznesensky, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Shigenori Tōgō, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Arturo Alessandri, and Karl Guthe Jansky.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Traian Vuia ranks 147 out of 844. Before him are Sergiu Nicolaescu (1930), Vazgen I (1908), Francis I Rákóczi (1645), István Bethlen (1874), Edward Luttwak (1942), and János Arany (1817). After him are Stefan Hell (1962), Emerich Jenei (1937), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), Octavian Goga (1881), Orban (1404), and Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325).

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Among INVENTORS In Romania

Among inventors born in Romania, Traian Vuia ranks 2. Before him are Henri Coandă (1886). After him are Orban (1404), and Petrache Poenaru (1799).

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