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| 1783 |
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| Mongolfier Brothers carry out the first free flight of a hot air balloon across Paris. |
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George Cayley develops a model glider with fixed main wing and moveable tail surfaces. |
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| 1804 |
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George Cayley’s ‘New Flyer’ takes his footman across Brompton Dale in the first man-carrying glider. |
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| 1853 |
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| Felix du Temple carrys out the first piloted powered ‘hop’, after first running down a ramp. |
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| 1874 |
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Clement Ader’s Eole is the first piloted aeroplane to take off under its own power, for a brief uncontrolled hop. |
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| 1890 |
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| Otto Lilienthal makes the first true controlled flights, gliding up to 230m. |
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| 1893 |
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| Wright Brothers achieve sustained controlled powered flight at Kitty Hawk. |
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| 1903 |
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