Identifying the source of your supplied metals is the main purpose of Conflict Minerals Compliance. A Smelter is the first stop for raw materials once they have been mined or recycled by the provider.
The first airplane to take flight was built by the Wright brothers  in Ohio USA and was transported first to North Carolina and flown  for its first time there.
Gustave Whitehead invented and flew the  world's first airplane in 1901, at Fairfield, CT. His monoplane,  called No. 21 or the Condor, was based on Count D'Esterno's and  Otto Lilienthal's designs.