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400 B.C the kite was invented in China and they are still used to this day.
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Archimedes found the principle of boyancy witch helped to later make hot air balloons.
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Leonard da Vinci came up with many theories of flight. He had many drawings of what he thought could be possible that someone could use to fly.
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Emanuel Swedenborg invented on of the first flying objects and it had special wheels for landing gear. Emanuel Swedenborg made an invention that later helped to build other flying things later.
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Jean F. Pilatre de Rozier, and Marquis d'Arlandes made a flying object like a blimp and their most succesful attempt was in 1783.
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Joseph and Jacues Montgolfier came up with the first Hot Air Balloon and let it go with a sheep, rooster and a duck in it.
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Geoge Cayley made many gliders, so someday someone could fly.
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William S. Henderson was the first person to really think about making an engine to fly an airplane but failed when attempting it, but his research helped Samuel P. Langley.
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Otto Lilienthal was the first person to successfully make a glider that could fly. Otto Lilienthal died when trying to fly a glider.
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He was the first person to realize to fly you needed power. He was the first person to make plans for an Airplane.
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Octave Chanute published a book about everything he knew about getting something to fly.
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Pablo Suarez made gliders based on Otto Lilienthal's designs.
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William Frost despite poverty built a working plane that was part balloon.
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Pichancourt made a plane design like birds. Other people tried to make bird designs but his were diffrent. He made a little mechanical bird that went to an alltitude of 25 feet.
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In greece they had myths about pegasus and other things flying. Flying started long ago in Greece .
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Wilhelm Kress built a plane that could go on water. the plane never left the water and didn't work but it helpped later designs
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Orville and Wilbur Wright plane lifted off the ground and flew.
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During World War One the planes got better because of the war. The planes motors got bigger and the planes got faster to 130 miles per hour.
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Jets started being made and the British Overseas Airways Corporation was made for jets.
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Russian Yuri Gagarin went into space and was the first person in space
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Augustus Moore Herring was hired by Octave Chanute to help build gliding machines. Augustus Moore Herring continued to build gliders later.
