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kites are invented in china -
the English king bladud is apparently killed attempting to fly -
leonardo da vinci designs flying machines -
bartolomeu laurenco de gusmao designs a model glider -
The first untethered manned hot air balloon flight was on 21 November 1783 in Paris, France in a balloon created by the Montgolfier brothers. -
George Cayley’s biplane design is published -
Otto Lilienthal fly’s biplane gliders -
Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first recorded powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine -
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 -
New Zealander Jean Batten makes record-breaking flights around the world