History of Flight
Key events
Flights of fancy
Models
Aerodynamics
How planes fly
Historical development
Aero-engines
Flyers
Cayley
Lilienthal
Phillips
The Wright Brothers
Santos-Dumont
Cody
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Model aeroplanes have often played a significant part in the development of aeronautical knowledge, from the early models made by Sir George Cayley...
...to current attempts to build new forms of powered wings.
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