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		ninalanyon 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Wright brothers invented the airplane, right? ... You might even say that George Cayley invented powered flight a century earlier. He just couldn't find a motor light enough to actually implement it.

bisRepetita 10 months ago [–]

Then I'll claim Leonardo da Vinci almost did it with his aerial screw in the 15th century ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_aerial_screw

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