The Invention of the Airplane
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Introduction
The ability to put humans into the air probably first occurred sometime in the 7th century in China. George Cayley was the first person to go beyond drawings to actually study the physics behind what would be involved in human flight. In 1783, Josephine Jacques-Mongolfier launched the first hot-air balloon which ushered in an era of balloon flights.
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