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| Year | Description | Country | |||
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| 1759 | John Smeaton | England | |||
| 1849 | Sir George Cayley, The Father of Aviation | England | |||
| 1852 | Sir George Cayley, Mechanic's Magazine | England | |||
| 1871 | Alphonse Pénaud | France | |||
| 1896 | Otto Lilienthal | Germany | |||
| 1903 | Samuel Pierpont Langley | USA | |||
| 1903 | Wright Brothers | USA | |||
| 1906 | Santos Dumont | France/Brazil | |||
| 1908 | Glenn H. Curtiss | USA | |||
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