First Flight Attempts
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Hey, hahaha 7:41....an insane stunt fall just like in Jackie Chan movies..
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the first jackass pioneers
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Loving the first dude, "flight in the air" what, as opposed to on the ground?
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I can only imagine the frustration of the people from this era. They were copying nature, using engines and rockets for assistance, flapping, running.... everything possible to fly but it just wasn't working. It may look funny for us to watch this (and it is!) but at the time they must have been kicking themselves as to why everything they do just doesn't work.
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3:13 that in genius, those could avoid so many railroad incedents today!!! why aren't we using them?
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0:57 DONT let her near your penis
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3:27 that looks bad ass, i want one.
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...evidently the ornithopters work only on a small scale - size of birds - with very, very lightweight bodies.
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what music is it in the middle. whats the song called



@pomeroy600287 Well, if it wasn't for these people, rigid wing aircraft may not have been invented. It takes a few errors to finally get things right. Even the first plane that actually flew could have looked a bit odd to observers until it took off and kept flying...
d3xDark 1 year ago 22
Why didn't these people test their contraptions in secrecy first before inviting crowds and cameras to spectate?
dpaanlka 6 months ago 8