Early Flying Attempts

Plane with bird-like wings attempts take off; wings collapse.

Man in fire proof suit lights small rocket in snowy landscape; rocket plane moves up ramp and immediately falls to Earth.

Human cannonball goes into cannon, waves goodbye; is shot out of cannon and flies through space.

Man rides half bicycle/half winged craft that never gets off the ground.

Windmill craft with many wings turns and turns but goes nowhere.

Huge Zeppelin-type plane wheeled out of hanger; flapping wing canopy plane rolls down street; bird-plane wheeled out to runway, man gets in, wings flap and that's about it.

Man straps on rocket pack, fires rocket and goes nowhere, assistants throw snow on burning pack; rocket man tries again and falls on ice.

Man on winged jet powered bicycle tries to take off, but only goes down and burns, water poured on man.

Man with wing assembly on back takes running start down hill, tries again by hanging from construction crane.

Man with wing cape jumps off 12 foot tower; law of gravity wins.

Steam engine powered plane with pumping propeller goes up and down but not into the sky.

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Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Early Flying
• Aviation