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Period: Oct 16, 1480 to
timeline
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Oct 19, 1480
Leonardo da Vinci made the first real studies of flight in the 1480's.
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Oct 16, 1490
the first plan for a man carrying flying machine
1490 Leonardo DaVinci's plan for a man-carrying ornithopter with flapping wings. -
montgolfier hot-air ballon
In 1783 Montgolfier hot-air ballon. -
Sir George Cayley's plan for a fixed-wing aircraft
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The Aerial Steam Carriage, conceived by William Henson in 1843, was the first aircraft design to show propellers.
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Felix du Temple made the first attempt at manned flight in a powered aircraft.
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Workmen who built the Ezekiel Airship for the Reverend Burrell Cannon claimed to have made a flight in 1902.
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The 1905 Wright Flyer III was the first practical aircraft, capable of sustained flight and navigation.
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The Dunne flying wing, built and tested by the British in 1910, was the first top secret aircraft.
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In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first licensed woman pilot in the United States.