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  • 1000 BCE

    first kites

    first kites
    kites are invented in china
  • 852 BCE

    a king tries to fly

    a king tries to fly
    the English king bladud is apparently killed attempting to fly
  • 1498

    da vinci designs planes

    da vinci designs planes
    leonardo da vinci designs flying machines

  • model glider design

    model glider design
    bartolomeu laurenco de gusmao designs a model glider

  • hot air ballon fight

    hot air ballon fight
    The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was on 21 November 1783 in Paris, France in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers.

  • Biplane design

    Biplane design
    George Cayley’s biplane design is published

  • Biplane gliders

    Biplane gliders
    Otto Lilienthal fly’s biplane gliders

  • First powered flight

    First powered flight
    Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine

  • First powered flight in New Zealand

    First powered flight in New Zealand
    Richard Pearse from New Zealand makes his first recorded powered flight of more than a few seconds, though witnesses contend his first flight may have been just before the Wright brothers

  • Record-breaking flights

    Record-breaking flights
    New Zealander Jean Batten makes record-breaking flights around the world