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Joseph-Michael and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier created hot air balloons and impressed everybody including King Louis XVI of France.
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Sir George Cayley invented a curved aerofoil that helped create lift on aircraft. Otto Lilienthal flew thousands of flights aboard his gliders but tragically became the first person to suffer a tragic aircraft crash.
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Clement Ader, a French engineer, flew his steam powered plane at a height of eight inches for 165 feet in 1890
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In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright became perhaps the most famous aircraft pilots in history with their successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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The 1920s was the first era where aircraft existed that were designed exclusively for passengers
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In the 1930s stewardesses were introduced to make flying a more comfortable experience.
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Pilots have been the same for awhile now and they don't seem to be changing that much at all
