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Powered flying machine Design
The first recorded patent application for a flying machine operating under its own mechanical power designed by John H. Pennington. -
The First Glider Flight
John J Montgomery began the first of a series of glider flights. -
Man-controlled flight
Orville Wright, at Kitty Hawk NC, in a 12-second flight of 120 feet. -
Rotary Motor used for Flight
Five-cylinder Adams & Farwell , used by Emile Berliner in his helicopter. -
Monoplane flying boat
Designed and built by Grover Loening. -
Gyroscopic Stabilizer
Lawrence Sperry, flew a Curtiss flying boat fitted with four gyroscopes over the Seine River while standing in the cockpit with his hands off the controls, and his mechanic standing on the lower wing. Despite gusty winds, the ship maintained stability -
Private Craft to reach space
Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne made its second attempt to space.
