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feb 1, 1853 - Glider

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In 1853, British engineer George Cayley built the world's first real glider. It carried his terrified servant on a short flight across a small valley before crash-landing. Later, in the 1890s, Otto Lilienthal of Germany built a series of small, fragile gliders.

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feb 1, 1853
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~ 172 years ago