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According to AulusGellius,archytas, the ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, statesman and strategist, was reputed to have designed and built ,around 400BC, the first Artificial , self propelled flying device, a bird shaped model propelled by a jet of what was probably steam ,said to have actually flown some 200meters. this machine ,which its inventor called the pigeon , may have been suspended on a wire or pivot for its flight.
the 9th century Muslim Berber inventor, Abbas ibn Firas's glider is considered by john Harding to be the first attempt at heavier than air.
First real flying is heavier than air powered flight , accomplished by an unmanned free flight steam powered monoplane of foot(3.0m)wingspan , was realized by john string fellow in 1848 in england.in 1868 in he flew a powered monoplane model a few dozen feet , at an exhibition at the crystal place in London.
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dheeraj | Sciencx (2021-05-07T05:59:30+00:00) EVOLUTION OF PLANES. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2021/05/07/evolution-of-planes/
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