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1000 BCE
Kite is invented in China.
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1485
Leonardo da Vinci designs flying machines and parachute.
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Jacques Alexandre César Charles and M.N. Robert fly in a hydrogen balloon.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright make first powered, sustained, and controlled flight in a heavier-than-air flying machine.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont makes first successful powered flight in Europe.
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Amelia Earhart is the first woman to fly a solo non-stop trans-Atlantic flight.