John Stringfellow
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John Stringfellow was a British early aeronautical inventor, known for his work on the aerial steam carriage with William Samuel Henson.
19th century tin-plate photograph
1843 artist's impression of Stringfellow's plane Ariel flying over the Nile, with the pyramids in the background
History of aviation
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The history of aviation spans over two millennia, from the earliest innovations like kites and attempts at tower jumping to supersonic and hypersonic flight in powered, heavier-than-air jet aircraft.
John Stringfellow
…Stringfellow and Henson are honoured by the Royal Aeronautical Society with an annual lecture and dinner in Yeovil Aviation history Frederick Brearey…
French reconnaissance balloon L'Intrépide of 1796, the oldest existing flying device, in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna
The Wright Military Flyer aboard a wagon in 1908
Leonardo da Vinci's ornithopter design
Daedalus working on Icarus' wings