The First Thousands of Years Common Era, Right?

CNN's John Sutter looks back at a man who tried to fly in the first thousand years of human history. He says he jumped off a roof, either a mosque or his own home with two wooden wings and some rope linking the wings. It is actually logistically easier to fly in this country than it is to ride commercial rail,. But it's only easier to fly because of these folks we're talking about now.