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The first recorded patent application for a flying machine operating under its own mechanical power designed by John H. Pennington.
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John J Montgomery began the first of a series of glider flights.
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Orville Wright, at Kitty Hawk NC, in a 12-second flight of 120 feet.
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Five-cylinder Adams & Farwell , used by Emile Berliner in his helicopter.
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Designed and built by Grover Loening.
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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
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Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne made its second attempt to space.
