List of early flying machines
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This is a listing of early flying machines.
Claims about what a flying machine is vary in countries and in books and encyclopedias. They all use different criteria when considering, among others, the validity of a claim, and the meaning of the phrase flying machine. These and other controversial issues are discussed in first flying machine.
In this list, various advancements are presented, including actual flying machines, prototypes, models, designs or important pieces of literature. But note that some of this information is disputed by some sources.
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Literature or designs only
| Inventor | Accomplishment | Year |
| Roger Bacon | Secrets of Art and Nature: ornithopter design | c. 1250 |
| Leonardo da Vinci | Ornithopter design and literature | c. 1490 |
| Emanuel Swedenborg | Flying Machine design and literature | 1714 |
| Sir George Cayley | The Forces of Flight: technical literature | 1799 |
| Le Comte Ferdinand Charles Honore Phillipe d'Esterno | On The Flight Of Birds (Du Vol des Oiseaux): technical literature | 1864 |
| Louis Pierre Mouillard | The Empire Of The Air (L'Empire de L'Air): literature | 1865 |
| Horatio Frederick Phillips | Sustainer design, literature | 1884 - 1907 |
| James Means | The Problem of Manflight, Aeronautical Annual literature | 1894 - 1897 |
| Martin Wiberg | Patent for design of "Luftmaskin": liquid fuel rocket powered machine | 1903 |
More than design or literature
See also
External links
- Listing and descriptions of pre-wright flying machines (http://www.flyingmachines.org/)
- Analysis of Wright Flyer (http://www.wam.umd.edu/~stwright/WrBr/taleplane.html)
- Prehistory of Flight (http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Prehistory/PH-OV.htm)
- Claims to First Flight (http://www.100aviators.com/contro.html)
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