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Did You Know The First Powered Lighter-Than-Air Flight Was 51 Years Before The Wright Brothers?
The airship's engine was a three-powered steam ... had made the first manned heavier-than-air flight in a glider in the 1890s. â â â â â â â The Wright Flyer was ...
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Otto Lilienthal: 5 Amazing Facts About The German Aviation Pioneer
However, the French had already flown in a balloon (lighter-than-air aircraft) in 1783 and built the first powered and steerable airship in 1852. In the 1890s, a German named Otto Lilienthal built ...