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Sir George Cayley, first true scientific aerial investigator, sometimes called "Father of Aviation" and "Father of He was the designer of the first successful glider to carry a human being aloft, and he discovered four aerodynamic forces of flight—weight, lift, drag, and thrust—which are in effect on every flight machine.
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Cayley has successful flight of first hang glider model.
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John Stringfellow creates first steam-powered glider
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Sir George Cayley conducts first manned, towed, and controlled glider flight. It was flown by an unknown 10 year-old boy.
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First fully controllable, lighter then air, free flight of an airship is conducted.
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Ader Eole, also called the Avion achived a successful flight.
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Otto Lilienthal conducts controlled hang glider flights from 1891 to 1896.
