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'''Flying machines''' have been around for centuries. The ancients flew kites, and some of these were large enough to carry a man. Hot air balloons flew over Europe as the the twentieth century approached. Leonardo Devinci's drawing of a helicopter-like flying machine is a well known example of early ambitions to build a flying vehicle.
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'''Flying machines''' have been around for centuries. The ancients flew kites, and some of these were large enough to carry a man. Hot air balloons flew over Europe as the the twentieth century approached.
Just before World War I the first successful powered aircraft took off at [[Kitty Hawk]], located by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in the State of [[North Carolina]].
Just before World War I the first successful powered aircraft took off at [[Kitty Hawk]], located by the [[Atlantic Ocean]] in the State of [[North Carolina]].