1910 Shultz machine,took 12 years to construct
Horatio Phillips contraption,it flew 550 ft!
A better view of Bell's glider;Holy s***!!
Israel Ludlow Machine
Builder unknown
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"Here above us,there is a man twenty meters above the earth,imprisoned in a wooden frame,and defending himself against an invisible danger which he has taken on his own free will.But we are standing below,pushed away,without existence,and looking at this man."
Franz Kafka
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