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- Preston_Watson comment "Preston Watson (1880–1915) was a Scottish aviation pioneer, who is sometimes said to have been the first true aviator. He is supposed to have made and controlled motorized flight with a heavier-than-air aircraft in 1903 - thus predating the Wright brothers flight. This claim has however been discredited by the aviation historian Charles Gibbs-Smith in the book "The Aeroplane".".